Sen. Adam Schiff calls for federal firefighters to be exempt from hiring freeze
Calif., on Friday called on several U.S. agencies to exempt seasonal wildland firefighters from the ongoing federal hiring ...
Ex-firefighter sentenced for setting 26 fires in Ohio’s Wayne National Forest
A former fire department administrator and police officer has been sentenced for starting more than 20 fires in the Wayne ...
Former Ohio 911 dispatcher admits starting forest fires to 'give the boys something to do'
James Bartels, a former 911 dispatcher in southeast Ohio, admitted to starting dozens of fires to "give the boys something to ...
Firefighter Hiring Stalls at Federal Agencies After Trump’s Freeze
Job offers have been rescinded and start dates pushed back just as firefighting staffing for the summer wildfire season was ...
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Trump’s federal hiring freeze halts onboarding of federal firefighting crews ahead of wildfire season
The Department of the Interior employed 5,780 federal wildland fire personnel in 2024, while the US Forest Service employed over 11,300. Federal firefighters “respond to fires all over the ...
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Martin County brush fire now 100% contained, Florida Forest Service says
Martin County Fire Rescue and the Florida Forest Service fought the fire with help from water drops by a Martin County ...