In some cases, the new, permanent pay scale for federal wildland firefighters will give frontline employees a more than 30% pay raise.
Wildland firefighters will keep a 4-year-old pay hike under a GOP-led spending bill signed by President Donald Trump.
Wildland firefighter advocates are celebrating the permanent pay raises included in a larger funding bill passed by Congress ...
Wildland firefighters have been pushing for permanent pay ... The NFFE put out two releases Tuesday on the continuing resolution: one praising the inclusion of firefighter raises in the measure, and ...
Wildland firefighters have been pushing for ... one praising the inclusion of firefighter raises in the measure, and another harshly criticizing the resolution, calling it a “reckless move ...
Firefighter Carlos Baltazar went missing in 2020 as he prepared for the funeral of his hotshot boss, killed in the El Dorado Fire. The remains of a missing U.S. Forest Service firefighter were ...
Coroner's investigators have identified skeletal remains found in the Cactus Flats area near Big Bear last year as those of a wildland firefighter who went missing in 2020. Using DNA, coroner's ...
Muehlhof noted that these bootcamps are not a prerequisite for becoming a wildland firefighter. However, they’ve been a way to try and level the playing field for women who historically have ...