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ELLICOTT, Colo. (KKTV) - On Thursday afternoon, an evacuation order was issued for a wildland fire in Ellicott. At 4:40 p.m., a spokesperson for the El Paso County Sheriff’s Office said ...

"But I do think there is a clear lack of understanding about how the inter-agency wildland fire system is set up, how it works, and how people that don't have 'firefighter' listed as their job are ...

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The wage increases in the new pay scale generally fall below what wildland firefighters were making with the temporary pay boost from the infrastructure law. For example, prior to 2021, a GS-6, step 1 ...

with support from crews in B.C. "I'm proud of everyone who put their name forward to join our team and grateful to all the wildland firefighters who continue to keep us safe year after year ...