r/Wildfire • u/Bazryel • Mar 06 '25

News (General) Mass USFS firings will strain nation's wildfire fighting force

https://wildfiretoday.com/2025/03/06/mass-usfs-firings-effect-on-wildland-firefighters/?fbclid=IwY2xjawI2_i9leHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHUm3J42Ixc_fAWoBiKIjwvzL6IqwXasNXkJwWbXOJAk0AkeRZo9lcbYGjw_aem_Lki4cCZ6ubdwA0IqcZUE7Q
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u/Bazryel Mar 06 '25

"Around 75% of the USFS probationary employees that the Trump Administration fired had secondary wildland fire duties, according to numbers obtained from the National Federation of Federal Employees’ Wildland Fire division."

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u/StayCourse4024 Mar 07 '25

That's the way the USFS operates. When there's a fire, everyone works for fire. Same goes for their sister agencies in NPS, BLM, USFWS, and BIA.

This summer is going to get a little rodeo. I hope the townspeople have buckets of water to throw in the flames like they did during the Chicago fires.