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Interior Department stands up new wildland firefighting service, despite lack of funding and skepticism from Congress

The Department of the Interior is standing up a new, unified wildland firefighting entity, despite a lack of funding and some ...
Boise State Public Radio

As potentially significant season kicks off, the U.S. Wildland Fire Service’s first chief shares priorities

Suppression is always going to be there,” Chief Brian Fennessy told the Mountain West News Bureau. “But we're not going to ...
The Times and Democrat

Official: New standards for interior firefighting could hurt recruitment

While Orangeburg County fire officials say well-trained firefighters are important, new state standards set for interior firefighting could have a chilling impact on attracting new volunteers to an ...
Daily Inter Lake

Dems want details on federal wildland fire service

A group of Democratic congressional leaders on Wednesday asked Interior Secretary Doug Burgum to halt creation of a consolidated federal wildland fire service until he can explain how it improves on ...