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

(NewsNation) — 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 previously worked as a ...

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.

His nonprofit, the Forestry and Fire Recruitment Program, helps others earn the necessary certifications and navigate the application process for entry-level positions within California’s Forest ...

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 ...

Incarcerated firefighters can have years of experience by the time they're released. But getting a job in the field is still difficult.

Some have criticized the practice due to the low pay for the firefighters, but Royal Ramey, a former inmate and co-founder of the Forestry and Fire Recruitment Program, says the program helps ...

Louisville Mayor Craig Greenberg has laid out a list of changes he’d like to see from lawmakers in Frankfort during this year ...

Royal Ramey runs a non-profit called the Forestry and Fire Recruitment Program. He says it’s especially difficult to get municipal firefighting jobs once inmates are released. “They require you to ...

The CDCR Conservation (Fire) Camp Program was established in 1915 ... like Cal Fire and the U.S. Forest Service. It also helps pave the way for them to possibly get private firefighting jobs. “A ...

The B.C. government has made a series of announcements aimed at helping the province's ailing forest industry as it suffers the fallout of recent jobs cuts ... access to fire-damaged timber ...