Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Officials say a shortage of wildland firefighters is becoming a threat to public safety. There are many reasons for the shortage, ...
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The Wildland Fire Service also stops short of folding in wildland fire personnel or programs from the USDA’s Forest Service.
As cool weather arrives and the number of U.S. wildfires declines, wildland firefighters who have spent months working in the heat and smoke are able to take a much-needed break. But for many of them, ...
Dressed in their recognizable yellow and green uniforms, stained by dirt, sweat dripping down their brows and smoke burning their eyes and lungs, nearly 170 newly certified wildland firefighters ...
The $20,000 salary increase for wildland firefighters in the 2021 infrastructure law could be coming to an end next week if Congress doesn’t act. The infrastructure law included $600 million to boost ...
As cool weather arrives and the number of U.S. wildfires declines, wildland firefighters who have spent months working in the heat and smoke are able to take a much-needed break. But for many of them, ...
Wildland firefighters will keep a four-year-old pay hike under a GOP-led spending bill signed by President Donald Trump, but many worry that mass federal worker firings will leave the nation more ...
A wildland firefighter is dead after completing a routine preparedness activity. U.S. Forest Service Wildland Firefighter Daniel Foley, 27, was assigned to Fremont-Winema National Forest, according to ...
A wildland firefighter grimaces as he walks back to his crew in this 2021 file photo taken near Lenore, Idaho. Pete Caster Lewiston Tribune As wildfire seasons grow longer and more intense, the brave ...
BOISE, Idaho – A 5k race celebrating wildland firefighters will take place at Ann Morrison Park on June 2. The race is being coordinated by Boise Fire, the Wildland Firefighter Foundation, the ...
Originally published Dec. 11 on IdahoCapitalSun.com.The $20,000 salary increase for wildland firefighters in the 2021 infrastructure law could be coming to an end next week if Congress doesn’t act.