thank you for this update!! hope this administration will support full time year round fire teams. Seems insane that that isn't in the budget already >:(
Thanks for a great read! I’ll be looking for your old HCN article. I was still a child in the Obama era, so I’ve only gotten into fire since the Trump admin. I’ll be looking for some articles on how agencies managed 2008-2015 fire seasons too.
One of my questions is about the year-round employees discussion. What are your thoughts on how this can be done without burning folks out?
Some people say we should combine every federal fire resource into one program. This is very unlikely and obviously hypothetical, but I wonder if separating ourselves from land management agencies might make it even harder to make a holistic approach. I’d love to hear your thoughts on this idea.
The question of burnout is a very valid one. It's so challenging to fix that with one solution, and it's likely that the solution will have to be multi-pronged. I do know this: hotshots likely couldn't work year-round without some sort of off-period, but that's already done with higher GS level fire employees- usually part of the year is spent off. I think a full month or two off could be sufficient. The thing that isn't being discussed is how challenging it can be for wildland firefighters, especially hotshots, to go back to "regular" life and lose all that structure once the season is over. I struggled with that myself and would have been happy to have a couple weeks off at the end of the season and come back over the winter with less intensity. Also, the HCN article is linked in the text! Thanks so much for your comment!
thank you for this update!! hope this administration will support full time year round fire teams. Seems insane that that isn't in the budget already >:(
Thanks for a great read! I’ll be looking for your old HCN article. I was still a child in the Obama era, so I’ve only gotten into fire since the Trump admin. I’ll be looking for some articles on how agencies managed 2008-2015 fire seasons too.
One of my questions is about the year-round employees discussion. What are your thoughts on how this can be done without burning folks out?
Some people say we should combine every federal fire resource into one program. This is very unlikely and obviously hypothetical, but I wonder if separating ourselves from land management agencies might make it even harder to make a holistic approach. I’d love to hear your thoughts on this idea.
The question of burnout is a very valid one. It's so challenging to fix that with one solution, and it's likely that the solution will have to be multi-pronged. I do know this: hotshots likely couldn't work year-round without some sort of off-period, but that's already done with higher GS level fire employees- usually part of the year is spent off. I think a full month or two off could be sufficient. The thing that isn't being discussed is how challenging it can be for wildland firefighters, especially hotshots, to go back to "regular" life and lose all that structure once the season is over. I struggled with that myself and would have been happy to have a couple weeks off at the end of the season and come back over the winter with less intensity. Also, the HCN article is linked in the text! Thanks so much for your comment!