r/Wildfire • u/ssgtsilerZ • Feb 11 '25

News (General) National Wildland Fire Service — Grassroots Wildland Firefighters

https://www.grassrootswildlandfirefighters.com/nwfs

This is what I woke up to this morning. Thoughts?

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u/0Marshman0 Feb 11 '25

Remove line officers, as in Forest sups and DRs?

“In the interim, we strongly recommend that wildland fire programs are immediately “stove-piped” under the US Forest Service and each DOI agency, removing current line officers from the chain of command and decision-making authority.”

I’m kind of confused by this last statement. Explain it to me like I’m a moron because I may very well be.

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u/rockshox11 :hamster: Feb 11 '25

Open and read the document, it explains it for each agency

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u/ssgtsilerZ Feb 11 '25

It's too hard to click 3 links

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u/rockshox11 :hamster: Feb 11 '25

chat, what do I think about this?

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u/Opposite_Ad_5514 Feb 11 '25

You like it. You want it. It's a well researched position backed up with straight facts. You want grassroots to have a seat at the table and u want policy makers to read grassroots proposal or listen to someone that has