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BOISE, Idaho — The U.S. Interior Department will create a health and wellbeing program for wildland firefighters and boost spending on firefighting efforts by $103 million in fiscal 2022, Secretary De...
Those who fight wildfires in U.S. to get mental health care under new program unveiled by federal government.
The U.S. Interior Department will create a health and wellbeing program for wildland firefighters and boost spending on firefighting efforts by $103 million in fiscal 2022, secretary Deb Haaland said Friday.
The BLM wants about 80% of its firefighters on permanently. The rest would be seasonal, many of whom are college students who return to class in the fall.
U.S. wildfire managers have started shifting from seasonal to full-time firefighting crews to deal with what has become a year-round wildfire season as climate...