r/Firefighting • u/JohannLandier75 Tennessee FF (Career) • Feb 08 '25

News Federal Hiring Freeze prevents on-boarding of wildland firefighters

https://www.cnn.com/2025/02/08/us/firefighters-federal-hiring-freeze/index.html
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u/Big-Style-5490 Feb 09 '25

All fires are preventable. Conditions that are prevalent play a hell of a cause. Were you there? Sustainable winds of 30+ mph drive fire like you can’t imagine. Now take a RESIDENTIAL neighborhood full of dry vegetation everywhere (that’s the state’s fault? Or the natural environment?). Add the terrain there. Also the winds were significantly higher, I was just stating the obvious. What kind of fire attack do you expect to keep that in check? And considering it’s about funding with you, what should it cost you tax dollar wise?

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u/Skunk_Ape- Feb 09 '25

It’s not about funding to me at all, it’s about fire management that you have control over, like clearing out dried out vegetation that is the actual fuel. Maybe also restore the natural flow of water through California so SoCal isn’t in a perpetual state of drought.

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u/LionTraditional9651 Feb 09 '25

My dude why are spending time debating a topic you clearly know nothing about.