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Federal wildland firefighters secure permanent pay raise, but work is ‘far from over’
In some cases, the new, permanent pay scale for federal wildland firefighters will give frontline employees a more than 30% pay raise.
LA firefighters put out massive blazes. Now they worry that cancer might be smoldering inside them
The Palisades Fire in Los Angeles in January ranks as the second-most destructive wildfire in Southern California history, ...
Remains found in mountains identified as missing firefighter from 2020 wildfire
Remains found late last year in the San Bernardino Mountains have been positively identified as Carlos Baltazar, a U.S.
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Remains identified as missing firefighter from 2020 fire
Remains found late last year in the San Bernardino Mountains in California have been positively identified as Carlos Baltazar ...
Missoulian11d
USFS layoffs: Montana wildfire fighting capacity eroded as red-card workers are fired
About 75% of the fired Forest Service workers held red cards. That means the agency lost some 2,550 wildland firefighters ...
Firefighters hike through snow to battle fire near Lake Tahoe
The U.S. Forest Service says firefighters were called out near Grass Lake in a remote area of the Tahoe basin on Tuesday to ...
Government Executive5d
Stopgap bill includes permanent pay raises for firefighters
Federal wildland firefighters secured new special salary pay tables at all levels through the six-month continuing resolution ...
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Wildland firefighter advocates celebrate permanent pay raises, but concerns remain
Wildland firefighter advocates are celebrating the permanent pay raises included in a larger funding bill passed by Congress ...