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basically year-round in California, seasonal wildland firefighters are a necessity, but some say their jobs have been rescinded.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 ...

Schiff sent a letter to multiple U.S. agencies NBC News reported that federal firefighters weren't considered exempt from the hiring freeze.

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 ...

U.S. wildland firefighter efforts may soon be consolidated under a new bill introduced by Senators Alex Padilla and Tim ...

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 ...