‘Efficiency’ cuts across offices have left teams understaffed, firefighters underpaid and uninsured, and without adequate equipment

cross-posted from: https://slrpnk.net/post/23557150

“If this turns out to be a major fire year, it’s going to be a shit show,” said Dr Hugh Safford, a fire ecologist at the University of California, Davis, who spent more than two decades working for the US Forest Service (USFS) before retiring in 2021.

Surely they’ve been busy raking the forest ?

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  • Rentlar@lemmy.ca
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    12 days ago

    The numbers will be low and safe if we don’t track wildfires or its casualties! - Trump admin