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FUSEE: Firefighters United for Safety, Ethics and Ecology

@fuseefire.bsky.social
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FUSEE does public education and policy advocacy promoting safe, ethical, ecological wildland fire management. We support wildland firefighter safety and wellness, Indigenous sovereignty/ cultural burning, and fire management for ecosystem resilience.

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FUSEE: Firefighters United for Safety, Ethics and Ecology @fuseefire.bsky.social · 6h
"It's not just smoke; there's dust and a lot of toxic chemicals, particularly when wildfires enter urban environments... They also have a lot of toxic substances in their tools and equipment that can enter through skin contact." www.ksl.com/article/5162...
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Bipartisan bill aims to expand health protections for wildland firefighters
A bipartisan bill backed by Utah Sen. John Curtis promises to expand health and safety protections for wildland firefighters.
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FUSEE: Firefighters United for Safety, Ethics and Ecology @fuseefire.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Jesús Eduardo Olimpo Gutiérrez Toral, aka Lalo, passed away on Sept 9th from injuries sustained while fighting the Austin Fire. Our hearts are with his family and crewmates. A life cut much too short. He will not be forgotten ❤️‍🩹
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FUSEE: Firefighters United for Safety, Ethics and Ecology @fuseefire.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
"There is a huge gap between the safety risks and health hazards that wildland firefighters face, including risk of severe musculoskeletal damage and rare cancers, and the inadequate level of medical care they are provided... dexter.house.gov/media/press-...
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Dexter Leads Bipartisan, Bicameral Comprehensive Legislation to Protect Wildland Firefighters’ Health
Wildland Firefighter Health and Safety Act establishes first-of-its-kind respiratory protections, strengthens health monitoring and improves care for federal wildland firefighters.
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FUSEE: Firefighters United for Safety, Ethics and Ecology @fuseefire.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
More roads and human access will mean more human-caused wildfire starts...logging roads in backcountry areas are dangerous for attempting to stop wildfire. www.dailykos.com/stories/2026...
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Trump’s USDA Moves to Eliminate Crucial Roadless Rule Protections From National Forests
By Curtis Johnson On August 20th, Trump’s United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) officially proposed eliminating the national Roadless Rule. If finalized, this repeal would strip protections…
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FUSEE: Firefighters United for Safety, Ethics and Ecology @fuseefire.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
We are heartbroken by further devastating losses at the Dome Fire in Yosemite National Park this past weekend. You are not alone in this grief. Support is available to you. Explore resources at fusee.org/mental-health-resources or call the crisis line at 988 at any time.
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Los Padres ForestWatch @forestwatch.org · 22/09/2026
Do we need more roads to fight wildfires? @fuseefire.bsky.social firefighters say no. The administration also aims to boost timber production 25%. The Roadless Rule already allows fire response. Comment by Oct. 6 to protect the Roadless Rule: forestwatch.org/campaign/pro...
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FUSEE: Firefighters United for Safety, Ethics and Ecology @fuseefire.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
"Wildland firefighters deserve to do what we love without shortening our life expectancy or sacrificing the possibility of retiring in good health and creating a family... We deserve to feel as if our lives and livelihoods are not an expendable resource." fusee.org/fusee/fusee-...
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Press Release: FUSEE Endorses Wildland Firefighter Health and Safety Act — Firefighters United for Safety, Ethics, and Ecology
Firefighters United for Safety, Ethics, and Ecology (FUSEE) today announced its support and endorsement of Representative Maxine Dexter’s (D-OR) Wildland Firefighter Health and Safety Act, legislation...
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FUSEE: Firefighters United for Safety, Ethics and Ecology @fuseefire.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
...there has been a notable spike in burn injuries this year, a sign he attributes to “crews being pushed into aggressive direct attack in times when it is not effective”. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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‘We’re near a breaking point:’ firefighters say US government is failing them amid intense wildfire season
US grapples with federal firefighter shortage as crews say they’re spread thin and lack resources during unrelenting year of fire
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FUSEE: Firefighters United for Safety, Ethics and Ecology @fuseefire.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
“This is a political, social question that some are trying to use science to justify, but I don’t necessarily feel that the science is saying that we need more roads in these roadless areas.” www.sltrib.com/news/environ...
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The Trump admin says repealing the Roadless Rule will reduce wildfires. A new study casts doubt on that.
The Trump administration says it wants to repeal the roadless rule to reduce wildfire risk. Scientists found that roadless areas and developed national forest lands have burned at similar rates, thoug...
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FUSEE: Firefighters United for Safety, Ethics and Ecology @fuseefire.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
“We’re just throwing good money after bad in these reactive, siege-like suppression spectacles, versus proactive preparation and treatments within communities.” grist.org/extreme-weat...
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America is losing its war against wildfire
Wildland firefighting is increasingly facing an intractable reality: We’re stuck in a vicious cycle. A doom loop.
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FUSEE: Firefighters United for Safety, Ethics and Ecology @fuseefire.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
The federal government repeatedly cites wildfire risk reduction as a reason to roll back the roadless rule. Based on States’ experience, he thinks that any mitigation will be undermined by the increased number of wildfires that will start. lookouteugene-springfield.com/story/enviro...
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Firefighters doubt repeal of Roadless Rule will help with wildfires
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has proposed repealing the 2001 Roadless Rule to allow more road construction in national forests, citing potential improvements in fighting wildfires.
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FUSEE: Firefighters United for Safety, Ethics and Ecology @fuseefire.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
“Constructing new logging roads into roadless areas will increase human-caused wildfire ignitions by careless recreationists, criminal arsonists, or simple accidents,” -Carson States news.mongabay.com/2026/09/repe...
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Repeal of US Roadless Rule could threaten drinking water for 25 million people
The drinking water for about 25 million Americans starts in the backcountry of the national forests, on land where roads are few by design. A change proposed by the administration of U.S. President Do...
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FUSEE: Firefighters United for Safety, Ethics and Ecology @fuseefire.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Oregon is one of seven states that use prison labor to fight wildfires. Prison rights advocates have long argued that such programs can be exploitative. While firefighting usually pays more than other prison jobs, incarcerated firefighters make significantly less than... www.opb.org/article/2026...
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Incarcerated people among thousands of firefighters battling Oregon’s aggressive fire season
Oregon is one of seven states that uses prison labor to fight wildfires. Incarcerated firefighters make significantly less money than other firefighters but face the same safety risks. Still, it's amo...
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FUSEE: Firefighters United for Safety, Ethics and Ecology @fuseefire.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
...Roadless Rule supporters suspect the firefighting justification covers the real reason for rescinding the rule – opening protected areas to logging, mining, and other extractive industries. They point to the Forest Service’s own statement... www.sierraclub.org/sierra/us-fo...
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The US Forest Service Moves to Cancel Its “Best Idea”: the Roadless Rule
The Roadless Rule protected nearly 60 million acres of forest—until now
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FUSEE: Firefighters United for Safety, Ethics and Ecology @fuseefire.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
“Constructing new logging roads into roadless areas will increase human-caused wildfire ignitions by careless recreationists, criminal arsonists, or simple accidents,” Carson States withFUSEE said in a statement. news.mongabay.com/short-articl...
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US proposes rescinding Roadless Rule protections for national forests
The U.S. proposes rescinding Roadless Rule protections for 45 million acres of national forests, raising concerns for forests, wildlife and Indigenous groups.
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FUSEE: Firefighters United for Safety, Ethics and Ecology @fuseefire.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Full-suppression approach reverses a longtime, science-backed strategy of allowing fires to burn in further-removed areas to keep forests healthy, which also prevents crews from taking unnecessary risks. washingtonstatestandard.com/2026/08/26/r...
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After firefighting deaths, advocates alarmed by ‘deepening wildfire crisis,’ agencies’ strategies • Washington State Standard
Advocates for wildland firefighters point out that this year’s dangerous season is marked by heat, drought and a change in strategy.
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FUSEE: Firefighters United for Safety, Ethics and Ecology @fuseefire.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
...Statements from experts say smokejumpers, heli-rappelers, and helitack crews can manage fires in roadless areas and the absence of communities or infrastructure in roadless wildlands provide more opportunities to safely manage fire, especially when it is beneficial. cepr.net/publications...
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Move to Rescind Roadless Rule Rewards Logging and Mining Interests
Trump’s USDA is moving to repeal the Roadless Rule, opening millions of acres to roads, logging, and mining while raising wildfire concerns.
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FUSEE: Firefighters United for Safety, Ethics and Ecology @fuseefire.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Escalating job hazards paired with low pay pushed scores of people with experience to leave the USFS. Even after an overdue bump in pay was finalized in 2025, the damage was already done. The USFS lost nearly half of its permanent employees since 2021... www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Firefighters sound alarm as US faces critical staffing shortage: ‘We don’t have enough people’
Firefighters describe being pushed to limit by a brutal wildfire season, with key leadership roles going unfilled
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FUSEE: Firefighters United for Safety, Ethics and Ecology @fuseefire.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
"These findings raise an important occupational health question: What happens when heat, dehydration, smoke, sleep disruption and extreme physical exertion accumulate not only across one incident but across an entire career?" theconversation.com/extreme-heat...
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Extreme heat is taking a toll on firefighters as wildfires stretch crews to the limit
Wildland firefighters face heat from the environment, the fire and their own bodies as they work long, exhausting hours. The head of Purdue’s fire lab explains the health risks and what can help.
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Ajlark25 @ajlark25.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Honestly took me less than 2 min. Further road development in our forests will absolutely not help reduce fire risk nor will it help firefighter safety.
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FUSEE: Firefighters United for Safety, Ethics and Ecology @fuseefire.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
The Trump Administration just opened a 33-day comment period on the rescission of the Roadless Area Conservation Rule. You can take just 2 minutes to submit a unique public comment opposing the rescission using our “mad lib” 👇 tinyurl.com/RRMadLib
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FUSEE: Firefighters United for Safety, Ethics and Ecology @fuseefire.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
“This policy that compels crews to blindly rush out and attack all fires is just not smart and it’s very unsafe,” Ingalsbee said. “They’re throwing back to the policy of the 1930s, ignoring everything we’ve learned about fire ecology and fire behavior” stateline.org/2026/08/04/w...
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Wildfire veterans fear federal tactics, extreme fires could put crews at risk • Stateline
As millions of acres burn across the western United States, some wildland fire veterans are fearful that aggressive fire suppression tactics ordered by the Trump administration — coupled with extreme,...
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FUSEE: Firefighters United for Safety, Ethics and Ecology @fuseefire.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
So, we shared our recommendations on California's Draft Wildfire and Landscape Resilience Action Plan last week. Here's what we love and what we hope to see change in the final version. 🧵 (Read our full comment letter at 👇 fusee.org/policy-advoc... )
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Policy Advocacy — Firefighters United for Safety, Ethics, and Ecology
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FUSEE: Firefighters United for Safety, Ethics and Ecology @fuseefire.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
"The real danger comes from limiting fire management to wildfire suppression in fire-evolved ecosystems...short-sighted wildfire suppression and exclusion vs. ecological fire management for ecosystem restoration and sustainability." nationalforestadvocates.org/u-s-wildland-fire-service/
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U.S. Wildland Fire Service - Forest Service Employees for Environmental Ethics
The airplane metaphor has become a common theme in conversations among wildland firefighters discussing the U.S. Wildland Fire Service (WFS). President Trump
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FUSEE: Firefighters United for Safety, Ethics and Ecology @fuseefire.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
"FUSEE, an organization promoting ecological fire management, has repeatedly stated that “Fire and ICE don’t mix,” opposing the deportation of wildland firefighters...continues to amplify calls for Tribal sovereignty and support Indigenous cultural burning practices."
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Six ways advocates and organizations can practice solidarity for environmental justice
Forsaking diversity and inclusion won’t save public lands. It will only splinter our movements and weaken our work to build just futures for all. This article is a call to resist reactionary responses...
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FUSEE: Firefighters United for Safety, Ethics and Ecology @fuseefire.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
It was 30 years ago this August that three young eco-activists from Eugene changed history forever by winning the battle to oppose salvage logging on a 14-acre section of the Willamette National Forest near Oakridge. lookouteugene-springfield.com/story/commun...
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Three Tims and a forest: Remembering the Warner Creek blockade, 30 years later
The three Tims were not alone in the success of Warner Creek, but they were certainly the most recognizable.
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FUSEE: Firefighters United for Safety, Ethics and Ecology @fuseefire.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Mental, not physical therapy - firefighters take steps to relieve the toll of exhausting, sometimes tragic work. From CPR News tinyurl.com/mental-not-p...
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July 27, 2026: The mental toll on wildland firefighters; Denver Art Museum reimagines its Indigenous galleries | Colorado Public Radio
The deadly fire on the Colorado/Utah border has claimed the life of a fourth firefighter. 43-year-old Nathan Matthews, of Lincoln, Nebraska, had been hospitalized since the Snyder Fire burnover June 2...
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Andrew Dessler @andrewdessler.com · 29/07/2026
On The Climate Brink: We are watching as the world is remade for a warmer climate www.theclimatebrink.com/p/these-wild...
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Wildfires are remaking the world
With great sorrow, we watch as the Earth is rebuilt into a different, warmer planet.
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FUSEE: Firefighters United for Safety, Ethics and Ecology @fuseefire.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
The Wildland Firefighter Family Handbook is a comprehensive, practical guide written by & for partners of Wildland firefighters. From early dating to family planning, this handbook prepares partners for the unique experience of wildland fire families 👇 sites.google.com/fireduppartn...
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FiredUp: Federal Wildland Partners for Progress - Partner Handbook
FiredUp Partners' Wildland Firefighter Family Handbook One of the first non-policy projects we started was developing a comprehensive handbook for wildland families. We are grateful for handbooks publ...
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FUSEE: Firefighters United for Safety, Ethics and Ecology @fuseefire.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
The country is using nearly all of its wildfire fighting resources far earlier in the season than usual... On July 18, the country reached “Preparedness Level 5” status, the highest possible level on a scale that measures how much wildfires are taxing resources. www.notus.org/climate-envi...?
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U.S. Firefighting Resources Are Already Maxed Out — And It’s Only July
National wildfire response coordinators are triaging across fires raging primarily in Oregon, Colorado and Washington.
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FUSEE: Firefighters United for Safety, Ethics and Ecology @fuseefire.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
"Wildfires can be stochastic and auspicious disturbances that bring great opportunities for ecosystems, firefighters, local contractors, and other parasites." New Spotfire! Blog post: fusee.org/fusee/minnes...
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Minnesota Fire Leeches - Spotfire! Blog — Firefighters United for Safety, Ethics, and Ecology
A wildland firefighter's firsthand story of supporting their crew while canoeing in the Boundary Waters Wilderness Area near Minnesota.
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FUSEE: Firefighters United for Safety, Ethics and Ecology @fuseefire.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Yes, this whole thread! The increased severity of wildfires across the globe is directly linked to a warmer, drier, and more extreme climate.
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FUSEE: Firefighters United for Safety, Ethics and Ecology @fuseefire.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Hakiym deserves freedom! You can support the campaign for clemency for this wrongfully incarcerated black firefighter by signing the petition: chng.it/Vf8kvnDhXS Or, you can call Governor Kotek directly and ask her to grant Hakiym clemency! 503-378-4582
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FUSEE: Firefighters United for Safety, Ethics and Ecology @fuseefire.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
We heard from people who were transferred from their home agency within the DOI into the new wildfire service earlier this year without a say in it. The shift was anxiety-inducing because changes came quickly leading up to fire season. tinyurl.com/lookout071426
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New firefighters set out in Lane County amid a federal workforce restructuring
As the federal government restructures wildland firefighting after last year's workforce cuts, young firefighters in Lane County have signed up to work with the Oregon Department of Forestry for what'...
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FUSEE: Firefighters United for Safety, Ethics and Ecology @fuseefire.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Too much fire prevention education focuses on individual homeowners. But avoiding urban fire disasters requires collective action by whole communities to reduce risk of catastrophic urban fires. Calling all community organizers to wildfire preparation now! www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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Visit the Lab Where They’re Fighting Fire With Fire, Literally (Gift Article)
As wildfires intensify, threatening more people, a nonprofit is studying how to rethink homes and neighborhoods to prevent catastrophe.
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FUSEE: Firefighters United for Safety, Ethics and Ecology @fuseefire.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
"For the sake of all the wildland firefighters still out there, and those who will follow, we really need an open, transparent and inclusive process. Then learn those lessons and apply them in our policies going forward." www.cbsnews.com/colorado/new...
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Safety advocates call for transparency in investigation into deaths of three wildland firefighters in Colorado
Memorials are being held in the hometowns of three wildland firefighters who died while battling a fire on the Colorado-Utah border. Meanwhile, the circumstances surrounding their deaths are still und...
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FUSEE: Firefighters United for Safety, Ethics and Ecology @fuseefire.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Oregon! Learn about community-based prescribed fire in your community. 🔥 This meeting is an opportunity to ask questions and share ideas to help shape what the prescribed fire program in your community will become. RSVP: www.firewin.org?mc_cid=6562b...
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FUSEE: Firefighters United for Safety, Ethics and Ecology @fuseefire.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
The Trump administration has reinstated a full suppression strategy applied to every wildfire, resurrecting an almost 100-year-old debate over how to handle wildfires cepr.net/publications...
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The Deadly Cost of Misguided Federal Wildfire Policy
Trump's wildfire overhaul revives outdated fire suppression policies, weakening land management and increasing risks for firefighters and communities.
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FUSEE: Firefighters United for Safety, Ethics and Ecology @fuseefire.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
How can we end America's 'Forever War' on wildfire? 👀🔥 Check out our latest Spotfire! Blog to learn more about the policies fueling this "futile and exhausting campaign of exclusive and aggressive suppression." Read the full blog now: fusee.org/fusee/ending...
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Ending America's ‘Forever War’ on Wildfire — Firefighters United for Safety, Ethics, and Ecology
How we got in the dire situation we are with wildland fire in the U.S., what science says, and what needs to change for improved firefighter safety and wildland fire management.
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FUSEE: Firefighters United for Safety, Ethics and Ecology @fuseefire.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
"There are fewer people having to do a lot more. You're going to be chasing after every fire in any place, in any condition, at any cost. ... Crews are going to be exhausted. They're going to be beat up, banged up and burned out." www.nbcnews.com/science/scie...
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Stretched resources and low morale as firefighters face an already blazing wildfire season
Adding pressure, the Trump administration has told firefighting agencies to pursue a “full suppression” strategy, meaning agencies are expected to try to snuff out every wildfire by default rather tha...
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FUSEE: Firefighters United for Safety, Ethics and Ecology @fuseefire.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
FUSEE in the News: The tools firefighters use to protect themselves in the worst of conditions Listen to the interview with FUSEE's E.D. Timothy Ingalsbee: www.kunc.org/podcast/inth...
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The tools firefighters use to protect themselves in the worst of conditions
Wildland firefighting is dangerous and often deadly work. That fact was driven home in recent days after three firefighters died fighting a blaze on the Colorado-Utah border. So what tools do firefigh...
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FUSEE: Firefighters United for Safety, Ethics and Ecology @fuseefire.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
32 years ago, the South Canyon Fire on Storm King Mountain took the lives of 14 brave wildland firefighters, including helitak crewmembers, Pineville Hotshots, and smokejumpers. What started as a routine & seemingly manageable wildfire turned deadly when conditions changed for the worse.
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FUSEE: Firefighters United for Safety, Ethics and Ecology @fuseefire.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Today!
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Alt US Forest Service @altusfs.altgov.info · 01/07/2026
📡 SIGNAL BOOST 📡 Westerners w/ GOP Congress Reps— you can make a difference 🗣️ Simple ask to Reps per @nffe-fsc.bsky.social: “Please sign on as cosponsors for the wildland firefighter health bill Maxine Dexter has drafted" Firefighters give their all. Please lend them your voice. Thank you 🙏
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FUSEE: Firefighters United for Safety, Ethics and Ecology @fuseefire.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Our hearts are with our wildland firefighters community this week ❤️‍🩹 Mental health resources: fusee.org/mental-healt... WFF resources: wffoundation.org/mental-health
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Alt US Forest Service @altusfs.altgov.info · 01/07/2026
Great question from @fuseefire.bsky.social founder Timothy Ingalsbee: “The question is, why were they attacking that fire in the first place? […] What was actually at risk? If it was a bunch of shrubs on remote mountaintops, what was the real risk that justified putting those firefighters at risk?”
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FUSEE: Firefighters United for Safety, Ethics and Ecology @fuseefire.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
"...Clapping and knocking, these boughs and brush swayed as a strong breeze trembled them. Then smoke, beckoned by the wind, raked across the landscape waist high. Twigs and gravel, driven by blustery gusts, pecked at our boots." Read the blog post here: fusee.org/fusee/cheery-creek-ember-storm
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Cheery Creek Ember Storm — Firefighters United for Safety, Ethics, and Ecology
Incendiary Imbeciles #11 Wildland firefighters remain united to safely and ethically work together to improve ecosystems and insure that no one is left behind. During burning out operations, these...
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FUSEE: Firefighters United for Safety, Ethics and Ecology @fuseefire.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Join us this Thursday at 5:30PM PST for a watch party, discussion, and letter writing for Hakiym! Hakiym was wrongfully convicted after a racially motivated attack by a fellow firefighter. The fight for his freedom continues! Register for the watch party: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
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mdavispio.bsky.social @mdavispio.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
The National Preparedness Level has increased to PL3 as wildland fire activity grows nationwide. Fire activity remains concentrated in the Northwest, Great Basin, Southwest, and Rocky Mountain areas. Read full report: www.nifc.gov/fire-information/nfn Join IMTA: ahimta.org
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FUSEE: Firefighters United for Safety, Ethics and Ecology @fuseefire.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
Watch Duty is an invaluable app for wildfire tracking; this expansion just shows their dedication to public safety and disaster response! We love to see it! ❤️‍🔥
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