US Forest Service to Terminate 3,400 Workers, Union Leader Says
The US Forest Service is discharging about 3,400 employees, the agency’s union president told Bloomberg Law.
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Trump hiring freeze halts onboarding of federal firefighters
President Trump’s hiring freeze is affecting 18,000 federal firefighters from reporting to work, including coming to Southern ...
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 ...
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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 ...