Trump hiring freeze halts onboarding of federal firefighters
President Trump’s hiring freeze is affecting 18,000 federal firefighters from reporting to work, including coming to Southern California.
Senators: Trump hiring freeze means wildland firefighting jobs are going unfilled
Wildland firefighters around the country say they've had job offers rescinded or frozen in the wake of President Donald Trump's federal hiring freeze.
Greater Yellowstone firefighters may avoid Trump hiring freeze. Rangers' futures are uncertain
Some employees in the National Park Service and other federal agencies who manage public lands in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem may be exempt from the Trump administration’s hiring freeze.
Sen. Adam Schiff calls for federal firefighters to be exempt from hiring freeze
Schiff sent a letter to multiple U.S. agencies NBC News reported that federal firefighters weren't considered exempt from the hiring freeze.
Trump exempted public safety roles from his hiring freeze. Federal firefighters, prison guards and food inspectors wonder why they don’t count.
Current and former employees say public safety agencies are still freezing hiring they claim to have exempted and liken the approach to a 'self-imposed gunshot wound to the head.'
Firefighter Hiring Stalls at Federal Agencies After Trump’s Freeze
Job offers have been rescinded and start dates pushed back just as firefighting staffing for the summer wildfire season was beginning, a union said.
Trump’s Hiring Freeze Throws Wildfire Fighters Into Disarray
The federal firefighting force is facing uncertainty with fire season just around the corner and the Los Angeles fires barely in the rearview mirror.
Oregon senators join letter urging Trump admin exempt firefighters from hiring freeze
In an email to KATU News on Wednesday, the Office of Personnel Management said seasonal firefighters are exempt from the hiring freeze.
Trump wants states to clean up forests to stop wildfires. But his administration cut off funds
President Donald Trump’s administration is holding up money for wildfire mitigation projects funded through legislation ...
US Forest Service to Terminate 3,400 Workers, Union Leader Says
The US Forest Service is discharging about 3,400 employees, the agency’s union president told Bloomberg Law.
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Bomb sparks fire in Ocala National Forest after missing target
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Bomb ignites fire in Ocala National Forest during routine Navy air training
A U.S. Navy pilot missed their target during bomb testing training, igniting flames in the Ocala National Forest Wednesday.
People can go back to their homes up north: Evacuations lifted for Brady Fire near Mayer
The fire started around 3 p.m. on Feb. 10. Authorities lifted evacuations on Feb. 12 stating the fire no longer posed a ...
Federal firefighters fought L.A.’s blazes. Then came resignation offers.
Deferred resignation offers incited confusion and alarm for civil servants of various stripes, but it cut particularly deep ...
Forest Service fires 3,400 people after ‘deferred resignation’ deadline passes
The U.S. Forest Service will fire roughly 3,400 federal employees across every level of the agency beginning Thursday, according to two people familiar with the plans. The move targets employees who ...