they fired 10% of the entire Forest Service.
do people understand that practically half of the country's complex incident management capacity is contained in that single agency? and I don't mean the operational firefighters - I mean the staff and support functions.
do people understand that practically half of the country's complex incident management capacity is contained in that single agency? and I don't mean the operational firefighters - I mean the staff and support functions.
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When the cost of paper triples people will wonder why.
please keep explaining it. this is what is missing--people don't have a clue what "the bureaucracy" actually DOES.
Thanks!
no you laid off all the people who plan firefighting operations and feed, support, and pay the firefighters over weeks and months in the field.
the unsung heroes of wildland firefighting are - just like in the Army - the logistics folks. no tail, no teeth.
Well, in the wildland fire world, Nobody Kicks Ass Without Chainsaw Gas.
& within the firefighter ranks, it’s scared off a lot of newbies already struggling with the ongoing retention pay and CR bullcrap. The fresh uncertainty is also driving the remaining old fire dogs, with all of their experience and wisdom, to retire ASAP.
2) They don’t care