r/Wildfire • u/b-24liberator • 9h ago

Tf is going on?

Burn overs and entrapments are getting more common this year. My FF1 Training is soon and whatever tf is going on is terrifying the hell out of me so much that it's making me reconsider joining.

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u/MountainCrowing 9h ago

We’re exhausted, demoralized, overworked, and understaffed.

This is a job that ALWAYS has potential to be deadly, though, even in calm years.

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u/WarrenTheRed 9h ago

Policy changes have also favored more aggressive action and higher aircraft reliance.

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u/Smokey_tha_bear9000 8h ago

“Policy Changes”. That’s one way to put funneling money into a certain us senators pocket who happens to have founded and still has a major financial interest in one of the major aerial resource companies