Contract and Federal Wildland Firefighters: a Review of Local Opportunity, Job Quality, and Safety
| dc.contributor.author | Pomeroy, Alaina | |
| dc.contributor.author | Moseley, Cassandra | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2008-07-23T16:51:18Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2008-07-23T16:51:18Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2007 | |
| dc.description | 7 p. | en |
| dc.description.abstract | The National Fire Plan was set in motion after the intense fire season of 2000. One of the goals of the Plan is “assuring that necessary firefighting resources and personnel are available to respond to wildland fires that threaten lives and property.” 1 The first goal of the 10-Year Comprehensive Strategy for the National Fire Plan is to “improve fire prevention and suppression.” 2 Meeting these goals has become increasingly expensive in the last decade. 3 The percentage of the Forest Service budget that goes towards fire suppression has been increasing; “in 2007, the Forest Service will spend 45% of its budget on wildland fire suppression compared to 13% in 1991.” It is likely that the resources that are needed to effectively fight fires will continue to grow as wildfires increase in number and intensity, and the number of homes in the wildland-urban interface rise.5 | en |
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| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/1794/6922 | |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | en |
| dc.publisher | Ecosystem Workforce Program, Institute for a Sustainable Environment, University of Oregon | en |
| dc.relation.ispartofseries | EWP Working Paper ; No. 18 (Fall 2007) | en |
| dc.title | Contract and Federal Wildland Firefighters: a Review of Local Opportunity, Job Quality, and Safety | en |
| dc.type | Working Paper | en |