Wildland firefighters around the country say they've had job offers rescinded or frozen in the wake of President Donald Trump ...
The federal hiring freeze implemented by President Donald Trump has affected the hiring of a crucial group of federal workers ...
Oregon could have far fewer firefighters ready to battle blazes on federal lands next fire season — and may do less advance ...
With fire season basically year-round in California, seasonal wildland firefighters are a necessity, but some say their jobs have been rescinded. Jenn McCarthy has worked as a seasonal firefighter for ...
Job offers have been rescinded and start dates pushed back just as firefighting staffing for the summer wildfire season was ...
As federal firefighting crews with the U.S. Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management try to staff up for the upcoming ...
The Trump administration’s offer raised alarm across the government but cut especially deep for federal firefighters battling ...
Calif., on Friday called on several U.S. agencies to exempt seasonal wildland firefighters from the ongoing federal hiring ...
The Trump administration’s federal hiring freeze has stopped the onboarding of thousands of seasonal federal firefighters as ...
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 ...