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Amidst struggles with slow emergency response times, Belgrade asks voters to approve tax hike to help in workers shortage.
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The Biden administration made good on a promised, but long-delayed pay raise for federal firefighters on Tuesday. The first of those temporary payments should be delivered next month.
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Federal and state land managers in Montana are not yet fully staffed with their usual number of seasonal firefighters. During its hiring process, the U.S. Forest Service has faced the same workforce shortage pressures affecting the private sector.
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Poor housing conditions create additional challenges for an already difficult job: wildland firefighting. Firefighters and their families are trying to resolve these issues through legislation.
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State officials hope the roughly 12% immediate raise, which brings minimum base pay to $15.50, will help recruit and retain more wildland firefighters.