Wildland firefighters face up to $20,000 pay cut if Congress doesn’t act − that’s taking a toll on a workforce already under stress
As cool weather arrives and the number of U.S. wildfires declines, wildland firefighters who have spent months working in the ...
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NFFF Fire Service Health & Safety Report
wildland fire incidents, accountability, officer development, fire dynamics and more. The NFFF shares how the 16 Firefighter Life Safety Initiatives (FLSIs) connect with each of the safety topics ...
East Oregonian11d
Eye to the sky: Inversions — friend and foe to wildland firefighters
Eastern Oregon dealt with a historical fire season with more than 80 large wildfires (at least 300 acres each) this year.
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Report: Reforms could increase federal wildland firefighter diversity, improve recruitment and retention
Wildland firefighter Abigail Varney, a fellow at Stanford’s Climate and Energy Policy Program and the report’s lead author, ...
Utah Public Radio9d
Inclusive reforms could help recruit and retain wildland firefighters, report says
Wildland fire has a diversity problem: in 2022, the Government Accountability Office reported that the federal firefighting ...
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2020 Fire Service Health & Safety Report
The National Fallen Firefighters Foundation (NFFF ... How to incorporate the 16 Firefighter Life Safety Initiatives in the wildland And much more!
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Outfitting Wildland Firefighters
A wildland firefighter's standard-issue fire shirt is made of fire-resistant Nomex material and is always bright yellow for easy visibility. Fire pants are made of high-strength, flame-resistant ...