How The Elite U.S. Forest Service Hotshots Battle Wildfires

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@alluvialfan
@alluvialfan 2 жыл бұрын
Current member on a hotshot crew here. This piece mentioned the Infrastructure Bill being passed. I can tell you that as of June 7th, 2022, NONE of that funding has made it to Wildland Firefighting resources.
@Graham.556
@Graham.556 2 жыл бұрын
joe biden, everyone...
@yucatansuckaman5726
@yucatansuckaman5726 2 жыл бұрын
@@Graham.556 yup
@icedfrogg2.0
@icedfrogg2.0 Жыл бұрын
Hi. I wanna join the hotshot crews? How do I do that?
@larshiilly
@larshiilly 6 ай бұрын
Still 2 years later notable by the hiring freeze
@colbykinney5633
@colbykinney5633 2 жыл бұрын
We need to pay these guys what they are worth!
@BellTexRailfan_2256
@BellTexRailfan_2256 2 жыл бұрын
Rest In Peace granite mountain hotshots and to any other lost brothers and sisters.
@consciouscookiemonster8364
@consciouscookiemonster8364 2 жыл бұрын
Thank you brother ! From the smokejumpers of ww2 to now we’ve always been on the front lines for the culture
@ilikeminecraftgaming9331
@ilikeminecraftgaming9331 2 жыл бұрын
Hats off to these Hotshots,they’ve definitely earned my respect!🙂
@sbreezy0120
@sbreezy0120 2 жыл бұрын
Don’t forget about the other type 1, type 2, and even type 3 crews out there putting in grueling work too!
@roberttaylor9611
@roberttaylor9611 2 жыл бұрын
As a firefighter. The pay went from 13.00 and 15.90 an hour while cal fire and city firefighters make an upwards of 105k a year or more.
@sandslinger6720
@sandslinger6720 5 ай бұрын
CALFIRE ff’s do not make that much, quit spreading lies. Captains maybe but not fire fighters.
@roberttaylor9611
@roberttaylor9611 5 ай бұрын
@@sandslinger6720 dude it’s not lies it’s on the website right now. Turd.
@sandslinger6720
@sandslinger6720 5 ай бұрын
@@roberttaylor9611 what website? Because i worked for the feds and employed by CALFIRE and what ever you are saying is a lie and what ever website you are reading is spreading false info. Also i know plenty of GS5’s who make 70k a year with OT.
@renegarcia8798
@renegarcia8798 2 жыл бұрын
Tough job, just finished my first season
@andrewlopez5767
@andrewlopez5767 2 жыл бұрын
Congrats man. Which crew were you on?
@kulik03
@kulik03 2 жыл бұрын
Crazy that these guys get paid less than cashiers...
@lourdeskrohn5087
@lourdeskrohn5087 2 жыл бұрын
Where is their union fighting for their rights ! They need to get paid more they are heroes!
@stevenescobar9590
@stevenescobar9590 2 жыл бұрын
No union for seasonal employees, I don’t even think union for full timers as well.
@christianv7177
@christianv7177 Жыл бұрын
They are seasonal employees, with no benefits and a wage as low as fast food or retail.
@dripworks6659
@dripworks6659 Жыл бұрын
Literal heros.
@gen-X-trader
@gen-X-trader Жыл бұрын
This needs to be at least a $50 an hour job.
@rebeccacombs8781
@rebeccacombs8781 2 жыл бұрын
These guys should get paid alot better...
@KombatFlix
@KombatFlix 2 жыл бұрын
BRUH PAY THEM RIGHT
@d.b.1176
@d.b.1176 2 жыл бұрын
Nice some people are still willing to work for a living. No “work from home” bs here.
@bradw6413
@bradw6413 2 жыл бұрын
What about other benefits? Hazard pay? Overtime? Free housing? Free food? I paid for my entire college with zero loans because of the opportunities fire fighting provided. It was hard work but lots of money in short time period. I’m amazed how people think working hard everyday is not normal. There are millions of people that wake up everyday work dawn to dusk. That was considered normal a few generations ago now the current generation doesn’t have the same drive.
@adelaidedupont9017
@adelaidedupont9017 Жыл бұрын
Came here because of author Anastasia Selby who worked as a hotshot some years ago.
@theaveragesoldier1029
@theaveragesoldier1029 2 жыл бұрын
You going to have a high demand job and pay $13 an hour? Wtf.
@mustachio2
@mustachio2 2 жыл бұрын
That's government for you. Work an extremely dangerous job and it's either volunteer or super low pay, work a normal easy 7-3 blue collar job and make $50 an hour.
@kaisalis7895
@kaisalis7895 5 ай бұрын
​@@mustachio2 it's mainly the feds. CalFire and municipal guys make wayyyy more
@camefromnuthin_chico
@camefromnuthin_chico Жыл бұрын
thats my boy captain half
@terrymoore5000
@terrymoore5000 2 жыл бұрын
God bless you gentlemen. Amazing story means Amazing men. God bless you all. God's watching over you all in Jesus Christ name Amen 🙏💜
@Dovietail
@Dovietail Жыл бұрын
If they are so damned elite, how come we pay them like pool boys?
@BillSias-op7xw
@BillSias-op7xw 2 жыл бұрын
Pay them $30.00 an hour!
@iansteel6403
@iansteel6403 Жыл бұрын
At first, I wondered why the one guy was out of the prescribed yellow shirt. I didn't know a piece of clothing could get that dirty. These guys and smoke jumpers are borderline suicidal for fighting these fires for us. I know I don't have the guts
@robertblack5662
@robertblack5662 Ай бұрын
its been 2 years and they still have not signed the Bill into law. Congress should be embarrassed. SIGN IT ALREADY!
@TheLanden11
@TheLanden11 Жыл бұрын
Another example of how the federal government spending .is to overstretched. We need to get spending under control So we have money to pay the people and services we actually need.
@lewislibre
@lewislibre Жыл бұрын
$13 an hour what a joke
@ESP500
@ESP500 9 ай бұрын
They should be making 100,000 k a year. What a disgrace
@DefensisIndus
@DefensisIndus 11 ай бұрын
*Copy that*
@ryanforster8761
@ryanforster8761 2 жыл бұрын
Why do the sawyers wear chaps?
@jarodmontoya3102
@jarodmontoya3102 2 жыл бұрын
You Fr bro? 😂
@ryanforster8761
@ryanforster8761 2 жыл бұрын
I was but it's to stop the chains on the saws. i don't know much about wildland ff-ing.
@jessiehorne
@jessiehorne Жыл бұрын
@@ryanforster8761 To stop/help minimize injury in case the chain saw kicks back or throw the chain same as normal USFS personnel using chain saws.
@AaronLKinney
@AaronLKinney 2 жыл бұрын
What! 13 an Hour? Hotshots dont make 13 an hour. They Make Like 21 or 22 an hour. I work on a camp crew and i make 16 an hour, and we work full 16 hour shift everyday for 14 days straight. type 2 firefighter makes 20 an hour and they work between 12 to 16 hour shifts. Where are they getting there info from.
@bridgermorrill7356
@bridgermorrill7356 2 жыл бұрын
They said starting pay for most federal firefighters, not for hotshots, which is true. Only until this year did they bump it up to 15$ an hour starting
@AaronLKinney
@AaronLKinney 2 жыл бұрын
@@bridgermorrill7356 "Federal Firefighters"? Starting Pay For Wildland firefighters At My Agency, This Year Is 20 An Hour, Thats Up From Last Year Which Was 19 An Hour.
@bridgermorrill7356
@bridgermorrill7356 2 жыл бұрын
@@AaronLKinney by federal firefighters I mean the firefighters employed by the USFS, but that’s awesome that your place starts that high. I wish that was the norm everywhere, there’s still plenty of places that start at 15$ an hour though.
@zebra3stripes
@zebra3stripes 2 жыл бұрын
These things can spread like Omicron.
@prodbybabygod7411
@prodbybabygod7411 Жыл бұрын
Nowhere near the skill of wranglestar.
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