Current member on a hotshot crew here. This piece mentioned the Infrastructure Bill being passed. I can tell you that as of June 7th, 2022, NONE of that funding has made it to Wildland Firefighting resources.
@@roberttaylor9611 what website? Because i worked for the feds and employed by CALFIRE and what ever you are saying is a lie and what ever website you are reading is spreading false info. Also i know plenty of GS5’s who make 70k a year with OT.
That's government for you. Work an extremely dangerous job and it's either volunteer or super low pay, work a normal easy 7-3 blue collar job and make $50 an hour.
What about other benefits? Hazard pay? Overtime? Free housing? Free food? I paid for my entire college with zero loans because of the opportunities fire fighting provided. It was hard work but lots of money in short time period. I’m amazed how people think working hard everyday is not normal. There are millions of people that wake up everyday work dawn to dusk. That was considered normal a few generations ago now the current generation doesn’t have the same drive.
At first, I wondered why the one guy was out of the prescribed yellow shirt. I didn't know a piece of clothing could get that dirty. These guys and smoke jumpers are borderline suicidal for fighting these fires for us. I know I don't have the guts
Another example of how the federal government spending .is to overstretched. We need to get spending under control So we have money to pay the people and services we actually need.
What! 13 an Hour? Hotshots dont make 13 an hour. They Make Like 21 or 22 an hour. I work on a camp crew and i make 16 an hour, and we work full 16 hour shift everyday for 14 days straight. type 2 firefighter makes 20 an hour and they work between 12 to 16 hour shifts. Where are they getting there info from.
They said starting pay for most federal firefighters, not for hotshots, which is true. Only until this year did they bump it up to 15$ an hour starting
@@bridgermorrill7356 "Federal Firefighters"? Starting Pay For Wildland firefighters At My Agency, This Year Is 20 An Hour, Thats Up From Last Year Which Was 19 An Hour.
@@AaronLKinney by federal firefighters I mean the firefighters employed by the USFS, but that’s awesome that your place starts that high. I wish that was the norm everywhere, there’s still plenty of places that start at 15$ an hour though.
