U.S. wildfire fighters to mask up after decades-long ban on smoke protections

“This is going to make a huge difference in protecting people’s health,” said Timothy Ingalsbee, executive director of the nonprofit group Firefighters United for Safety, Ethics and Ecology…noting that his worst exposures as a Forest Service firefighter had come while traveling old logging roads choked with smoke. “I wish I’d had the option to wear a mask,” he said.