Labor shortage compounds federal firefighters' staffing woes
Firefighter groups are applauding the Biden administration's steps to raise pay but warn that the temporary wage hikes won't be enough to combat staffing problems.
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Firefighter groups are applauding the Biden administration's steps to raise pay but warn that the temporary wage hikes won't be enough to combat staffing problems.
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Plate, and realize that we are pushing our federal wild land firefighters to a breaking point: the wildfires in the west only going to grow more pervasive and intense as a by product of climate change, and as a result, i think we've got to invest more in compensating our firefighters. they are woefully under compensated, as you know, earlier this year, the president made an executive order to raise the pay to $15 an hour. that was an important step but it was a first step. we've introduced bipartisan legislation with republican representative liz cheney, and democratic representative katie por...