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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.
Standing up a targeted interagency effort to provide trauma-informed mental health care is critical.”
The Interior Department will create a health and wellbeing program for wildland firefighters and boost spending on firefighting efforts.
At the National Interagency Fire Center in Boise, U.S. Interior Department Secretary Deb Haaland announced new funding for firefighters.