LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- With fire season basically year-round in California, seasonal wildland firefighters are a necessity, but some say their jobs have been rescinded. Jenn McCarthy has worked as ...

“It’s going to be really bad, really quick,” said Ben McLane, a federal hand crew captain and board member with Grassroots Wildland Firefighters. “We’re going to have a lack of personnel ...

Schiff added that his constituents and communities “rely on the hard work and sacrifice of our more than 15,000 seasonal federal wildland firefighters each year.” The senator said he was ...

"Our constituents and communities rely on the hard work and sacrifice of our more than 15,000 seasonal federal wildland firefighters each year." "Seasonal firefighters are essential to the public ...

Although there are no current statistics on the prevalence of ADHD among firefighters, one in five wildland firefighters were found to have ADHD out of 302 who participated in a study done in 2011 1.

Sen. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., on Friday called on several U.S. agencies to exempt seasonal wildland firefighters from the ongoing federal hiring freeze, as concerns about federal readiness for ...

Cat McRae, a USFS spokesperson, said employees did not have a “correct understanding” of the hiring situation and “USDA has been actively working with OPM on its wildland firefighting ...

High fire danger is expected on Wednesday and Thursday. Firefighting efforts are ramping up, and resources are being brought in from interstate. Firefighters are preparing for increased fire ...