r/Wildfire • u/smokejumperbro USFS • Feb 09 '25

News (General) Trump’s federal hiring freeze halts onboarding of federal firefighting crews ahead of wildfire season | CNN

https://www.cnn.com/2025/02/08/us/firefighters-federal-hiring-freeze/index.html
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u/blaggard5175 Feb 09 '25

Many people have had their offers rescinded this time around.

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u/coolguy01111 Feb 09 '25

Proof? (Not bashing you, just curious)

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u/mantra177 Feb 09 '25

The DOI has been rescinding temp offers for a week or two. There are several posts about it here.

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u/Aromatic_Dig_4239 Feb 09 '25

Anecdotal, but I’m in a program with roughyly 30 folks who have finished the training and cert process and of those 10 got an offer -> of those ten, 3 of them (one land management internship in R6 and two with hand crew fire positions in R5) were rescinded and everyone else it’s been radio silence, with apps submitted as soon as they opened. Outside of fire I’m watching my peers get job offers rescinded because either the funding isn’t there (or up in the air) or the position has been fully eliminated as a preliminary strategy.  There are 3 sectors of employment and one of them has been nearly obliterated. I have no concrete proof to offer but these are all upstanding individuals, one of them a veteran, who are watching the world crumble under their feet

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u/Horror-Layer-8178 Feb 09 '25

They don't care as long as there is liberals tears

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u/[deleted] Feb 09 '25

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u/lighta_fire_orfish Feb 09 '25

This made me laugh so hard i cried 😂

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u/meezethadabber Feb 14 '25

Your tears will be appreciated and helpful in filling the reservoirs.

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u/bugaloo2u2 Feb 09 '25

Call it what it is: Trump Job Cuts

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u/LordBucketheadthe1st Feb 10 '25

A lot of people are gonna die in the next few years

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u/[deleted] Feb 09 '25

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u/lighta_fire_orfish Feb 09 '25

And yet here we go again. Almost like it doesn't matter what gets done, so long as the rhetoric creates division and confusion....

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u/Head_Operation_7365 Feb 09 '25

Good year to be a part of Grayback 🤙🏼.

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u/[deleted] Feb 09 '25

BIGGLY WINNING!

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u/chromerchase Feb 10 '25

So not mad anymore about getting paid in sunsets?

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u/[deleted] Feb 12 '25

Moron-in-chief

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u/gabgabb Feb 12 '25

I can't wait for some greasy rube to start talking out their ass about how there are 'too many firefighters' anyway, and how the 18 dollars they get an hour is driving inflation

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u/[deleted] Feb 13 '25

If they won't control the fires let's dump all Teslas out in the middle of it.

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u/OdinsGhost31 Feb 09 '25

These guys could already get paid a better rate working at Wendy's, cutting this force more and delaying hiring is stupid and we are in for a hell of a fire season if this continues. Speakimg as a former federal fire fighter, contract crews are just not as good or as efficient. No offense.

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u/Ok_Pound_6842 Feb 09 '25

So here’s my take after a bit of investigating.

This has been done before, in 2017. Public safety was exempt from the freeze, and the wording of the recent EO is the same. The problem is there’s been a lack on com between the admin and DA on this one so they don’t know where this stands. 

No one in actual PS has had their job rescinded, just pushed back. That’s a good sign. Likewise, it would be political suicide to not resume funding and this hiring. 

My take is you’ll be working this summer, but you’re dealing with a legal and administrative hiccup right now. 

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u/Botany_Dave Feb 09 '25

Multiple seasonal fire fighters for NPS have posted their offers were rescinded.

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u/EmilyAndFlowers Desk Jockey Feb 09 '25

And even if they were to refly the announcements first thing on Monday, there’s no way crews will be onboarded in time for the season.

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u/Agreeable_Finding417 Feb 09 '25

I know someone first hand who had their job offer rescinded

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u/ForwardProgrammer508 Feb 09 '25

Ya you’re right, but I want to complain on Reddit my life is so boring outside of season

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u/BatSniper Feb 09 '25

I mean it’s a pretty big deal for some people not knowing where they’re going to be stationed this summer and what not.

There are a lot of logistics when it comes to something like fire, be nice to get stuff going and in order before the season starts. (Or atleast have some idea of crew numbers before the scramble in the summer)

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u/stinkypenis99 Feb 09 '25

Maybe you should use your free time to figure out foot hygiene

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u/ForwardProgrammer508 Feb 09 '25

Listen here stinky penis I don’t appreciate that

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u/GiftToTheUniverse Feb 09 '25

Awww shit. I shouldn't have looked.