Royal Ramey previously worked as a firefighter while incarcerated and now wants to help others follow a similar path.

Royal Ramey (left) and Brandon Smith are co-founders of the Forestry and Fire Recruitment Program, which provides training and job connections for people who worked in California prison fire camps.

Royal Ramey, who co-founded the Forestry and Fire Recruitment Program to help people through the process, said it’s especially difficult to get municipal firefighting jobs like the one Herrera trained ...

cofounder and chief executive officer of The Forestry and Fire Recruitment Program, a nonprofit that helps formerly incarcerated people find work as firefighters. “It was a lot of camaraderie and we ...

Reedley College’s Wildland Fire program is working to increase recruitment and retention of firefighters, as the fire season ...

Now, Ramey is the co-founder and chief program officer of his own nonprofit, the Forestry and Fire Recruitment Program, where he helps fellow formerly incarcerated individuals find paths to ...

With wildfires raging, causing at least 10 deaths, burning down thousands of buildings and prompting evacuation orders for nearly 180,000 residents, the California Department of Corrections and ...

Chief Royal Ramey, co-founder and CEO of the Forestry and Fire Recruitment Program, says he turned a "negative into a positive," leading to a career he loves. Ramey worked as a firefighter while ...