We're hoping to hear directly from you, as those who know best the impacts of this consolidation, with this input survey. 100% anonymous.
Can consolidation be an opportunity for transformation?
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#WildlandFirefighter #FederalFirefighter #USWFS #FUSEE
492 days since sustaining serious injuries while fighting the Coffee Can Saddle Fire, Justin Shaw was escorted home today by first responders and law enforcement.
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Video: Ken Kaae
#NeighborhoodNews #WildlandFirefighter #WelcomeHome
Fun little Stihl chainsaw sticker. #chainsaw #stihl #firewood #logging #lumber #powertool #sticker #ebay #comeandtakeit #lumberjack #campfire #woodstove #fireplace #huskvarna #husky #echo #gift #trailwork #trailcrew #wildlandfirefighter #arborist #urbanforestry #tree
NFFE Wildland Firefighter Health Forum- NFFE members are Testifying! Watch live Sept 18, 2025 (eastern): httpos://www.voutube.com/@NaturalResourcesDems, streams Caveat that votes are now expected close to 4 PM which means timing could change slightly. The order of events is likely to remain: 3:45- 4:00 - panelists and Members arrive 4:00 - 4:05 - Ranking Member Dexter opens the torum 4:05 - Ranking Member Huffman delivers opening remarks 4:10 - Ranking Member Dexter delivers opening remarks 4:15 - 4:40 Panelist introductions and testimony/ remarks (5 panelists) 4:40- 5:25 - Q&A 5:25 - Ranking Member Dexter closes forum http://www.NFFE.org & https://www.nffe-fsc.org
Several members are on the panel tomorrow www.youtube.com/@NaturalReso... #bettertogether #ourworkmatters #unionstrong #firefighter #wildlandfirefighter
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#IntoTheFlames #PaulHilderman #WildlandFirefighter
#LegacyOfService #BraveryAndSacrifice #FirefightingLife #FirefighterMemoir #BookSky #CitiOfBooks
$30,000 a summer for a death sentence at age 25 and crippling medical debt for the family. This is unsustainable. We must ask ourselves, are we willing to sentence our children to this? #wildlandfirefighter #deschutescounty
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Face of a wildland firefighter.
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#Monochrome #Face #Headshot #Portrait #WildlandFirefighter #bnw #photography #bw
The back end of several pickups each with a whole pallet of water bottles loaded in it. There is a pallet on top and straps over that. The front visible truck is a stake side (Think wooden rail fence sides).
A pace line of 5 of us relocating water to the cache, so it's ready to go out to a fire for the humans to drink. #wildfire #wildlandfirefighter #firesupport #myworkmatters
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🔥 Fighting fire with fire 🔥
CAL FIRE uses controlled burns to remove fuel and stop wildfires in their tracks. Crews train hard to master this tactic under real pressure.
#CALFIRE #WildlandFirefighter #Training #ReadyForWildfire
National Wildland Firefighter 👩🚒 Day is a day to recognize the hard work and devotion of all wildland firefighters and support personnel who are the backbone of the wildland fire community. To all of those serving: we are with you, thank you! #firefighters #wildlandfirefighter
JULY 2 NATIONAL WILDLAND FIREFIGHTER DAY
July 2 is a day to remember the sacrifice made each time a firefighter steps into a wildland fire.
#July2 #NationalWildlandFirefighterDay #WildlandFirefighter #smokejumpers #preventwildfires
Based on some comments, it’s unlikely to be a disgruntled #wildlandfirefighter. I think the #FBI will find it is a private, local landowner with extremist views regarding “trespassing” on private property.
NATIONAL FEDERATION OF FEDERAL EMPLOYEES Affiliated with the International Association of Machinists & Aerospace Workers, AFL-CIO May 12, 2025 NFFE-IAM Members and Bargaining Unit Employees. We are writing regarding the Forest Service HRM guidance sent out on May 8, 2025, announcing interim caps on premium pay for Forest Service employees on fire assignments. The NFFE Forest Service Council (NFFE-FSC) worked with Congress to ensure that up to $9,000 of premium pay was authorized in the Continuing Resolution passed this February. NFFE-FSC is prepared to file a national grievance and take other legal action, if necessary, should the Forest Service attempt to withhold the premium pay that our members have earned and are legally owed. To ensure that we are prepared, NFFE-FSC recommends that all employees track any days that they are prevented from claiming premium pay because of the interim cap on premium pay. Some glitches in the NFC system may soon be resolved in the next several weeks, in which we are told this will be temporary. Please contact your Local to alert them if you are prevented from claiming premium pay before reaching the $9,000 annual cap. We hope that this guidance will be rescinded before that occurs. NFFE and the Forest Service Council will fight to make sure that backpay is provided quickly in the event any employees are prevented from claiming the premium pay they have earned. In Solidarity, Warner Vanderheuel National Federation of Federal Employees, Forest Service Council 1225 New York Ave., NW, Suite 450, Washington, DC 20005 . p: (202) 216-4420 . f: (202) 898-1861 .www.nffe.org
🚨Track your incident days! 🚨 We're hoping nfc gets it figured out but aren't holding our breath either.
#bettertogether #holdtheline #nffestrong #wildlandfirefighter #signalboost
This includes #wildlandfirefighter & militia/ovehead smoke exposure
Federal firefighters in travel-status out-of-state just had their federal purchase cards turned off!! Thanks a lot DOGE for stranding our firefighters. Please remind me how this improves services to the public?
#WildlandFirefighter #USFS #Resist #DOGE
Updated language around who qualifies for the increased #wildlandfirefighter pay. #unionsmatter #nffestrong #bettertogether #unionstrong nffe-fsc.org/downloads/ab...
What we know about fire pay. We are awaiting final interpretations and implementation from #usda, #usfs, and #ogc. This is a developing story, we'll update as we have more information www.nffe-fsc.org/downloads/ab... #nffestrong #bettertogether #holdtheline #wffppa #wildlandfirefighter
Attention Fire Folks! Fire pay likely to have a rough landing into your bank account! We are anticipating officially language capturing this but don't anticipate it being soon. OPM does not have the mechanisms in place to process the pay adjustments and meet the effective date. Currently, WO is saying late April but might be as late as July. Prepare accordingly. Employees will most likely see a decrease in pay in the interim as the prior temporary pay increase is ended and we await the processing of the permanent pay increase. In the meantime: Employees will begin earning the pay adjustment but will not see that reflected in their pay until OPM has the mechanism in place. Most likely it willthen be paid out and notified via an personnel action as done in the past. NFFE logo
Updated information. #holdtheline #nffestrong #bettertogether #forestservice #wildlandfirefighter #signalboost
Why do they never ask about redcarded folks. More than firefighters work active fires in the agency! ladailypost.com/heinrich-klo... #nffestrong #bettertogether #unionstrong #forestservice #wildlandfirefighter #redcarded
House Republicans Pass a Continuing Resolution that Hands Congressional Powers to the White House Washington, D.C.-Today, the National Federation of Federal Employees (NFFE-IAM) is responding to the Continuing Resolution passed on party lines by the House of Representatives this evening. House Republicans have effectively surrendered their constitutional authority to the White House by approving continuing resolution (CR) that grants the administration a "blank check" to fund the government through the CU end of the fiscal year. This reckless move hands unchecked power to the executive branch, bypassing Congress's role in shaping government spending and policy. By doing so, they have abdicated their responsibility to ensure fiscal accountability and uphold the separation of powers, allowing the Trump administration to continue its pattern of unwarranted firings of federal workers, unlawful closures of programs and agencies, and unchecked violations of federal law by its appointees. Rather than exercising their constitutional duty to serve as a check on the executive branch, Republicans have actively enabled an administration that disregards legal and constitutional constraints. The Constitution mandates that Congress oversee federal spending and executive actions. Yet, instead of providing necessary oversight, Republicans have allowed the White House to dictate funding and policy without any language of restraint in CR. This failure undermines the checks and balances safeguarding our democracy, replacing accountability with political submission. *Speaker Johnson and the Republican Caucus are ready to do the bidding for President Trump at any expense to our system of government,' stated NFFE National President Randy Erwin. ""By abandoning their legislative authority, House and Senate Republicans have enabled a dangerous concentration of power in the executive branch, eroding the constitutional protections designed to prevent authoritarian rule "To make matters wo…
NFFE Secures Permanent Fix to Wildland Firefighter Pay Cliff in House Continuing Resolution Washington, D.C. - Today, the House of Representatives passed its version of a continuing resolution (CR) to fund government operations through the end of the fiscal year on September 30, 2025. The bill includes a long- awaited, permanent fix to the "pay cliff issue that has threatened federal wildland firefighters` wages for the past five years. The pay cliff problem began when a temporary pay increase-intended to address the dangerously low wages of federal wildland firefighters- expired, leaving many firefighters facing potential pay cuts of up to 50%. Since then, Congress has repeatedly passed short-term extensions in appropriations bills and continuing resolutions, but the uncertainty surrounding firefighter pay has remained a significant concern. Last summer, following aggressive lobbying by NFFE staff and union members, the House of Representatives passed the FY 2025 Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, which included the Wildland Firefighter Paycheck Protection Act (WFPPA) pay provisions. The following day, the Senate Appropriations Committee introduced its F 2025 Interior bill, incorporating the same pay provisions. These measures, included in this evening's continuing resolution, will provide federal wildland firefighters with a long-overdue permanent pay increase if signed into law. "For years, our union and NFFE members have fought tirelessly for a lasting pay solution for federal wildland firefighters,'' said NFFE National President Randy Erwin. "Now, that fight is paying off. A permanent pay fix means we can shift our focus to addressing other critical issues--recruitment and retention, housing, mental health benefits, rest and recuperation, and the overall well-being of our nation's wildland firefighting workforce." "Congress clearly understands the need to combat the wildfire crisis and pay those on the front lines fairly,' conti…
NFFE Responds to Stripping of TSA Right to Unionize NFFE News Release Contact: Matt Dorsey Phone: (202) 550-6987 Workers' Washington, D.C.-Today, the National Federation of Federal Employees (NFFE-IAM) is responding to the decision by the Trump Administration and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to end collective bargaining for Transportation Security Administration (TSA) employees. "The Trump Administration continues to attack federal workers, this time stripping TSA employees of their collective bargaining rights and unilaterally ending their union contract," said NFFE National President Randy Erwin. *This is another attack on veterans, as a significant number go on to serve their country as TSA workers after completing military service.' "This move by President Trump and DHS is yet another attempt to demoralize the civil service,' continued Erwin. "We know that Project 2025 calls for the privatization of government services and it is clear the President is following that playbook. Sadly, after 9/11, we understood that airport security must be a function performed by the government with strict regulations and oversight. We cannot let airport security gO back to a private company with poor service and no oversight from Congress. The safety of Americans is every TSA worker's top priority. President Trump is making America less safe with this action.'"
Press releases from @nffe.bsky.social yesterday were a spectrum of 🎊 to ✊️✊️ to 🤬. Thanks to everyone who has called, written and donated to MNPL we got the #wildlandfirefighter pay fix attached to the CR. We stand with our Bothers and Sisters of #TSA and their union afge, a contract is a contract.
On a yellow field is a white speech bubble. In the speech bubble, it says "call to action" in big red text. The speech bubble is coming from a cellphone with "protect firefighter pay!" In red on the screen. The nffe logo is sitting atop the speech bubble
A yellow slide. In big red font "call & write" https://actionnetwork.org/letters/tell-congress-to-cosponsor-and-pass-the-wildland-firefighter-paycheck-protection-act in black. Then "draft letter and/or script for you to personalize!" There is a large swooping red arrow pointing up at the link. At the bottom of the page is the nffe eagle,ribbon, and cogs logo.
Call to action! Call and write your representatives! Protect #wildlandfirefighter pay permanently. Draft letter/script here: actionnetwork.org/letters/tell... #nffestrong #calltoaction #bettertogether #unionstrong
Is anyone on the #ashleynationalforest out there? Any interest in organizing? Dm us please! #vernalutah #dinosaur #ashley #flamingGorge #unionstrong #bettertogether #usfs #forestservice #nffe #wildlandfirefighter #boost #share
We are actively organizing the #Uintah #Wasatch #Cache #nationalforest. If you are an employee on the #uwc interested learning more please hit us up here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... #bettertogether #unionstrong #nffe #forestservice #wildlandfirefighter #usfs
Doing my best not to only post doom and gloom stuff on here. This is bad though. #wildlandfire
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Everything tRUMP touches, turns to shit.
He takes credit for good deeds and outcomes of government action. Yet, denies the negative consequences when stuff falls apart. 🔥
#Trump is a #firehazard
#firesafety #budgetcuts
#firefighters #recruitment #wildlandfirefighter
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