Los Angeles – The freezing of the Trump administration of the Trump administration of seasonal firefighters stopped, including those working in agencies to help fight Los Angeles destroyed-region FiresCreate a possible deficiency for firefighters before the next firefight season.
Although President Donald Trump on January 20 says freezing does not apply to positions related to “public safety”, federal firefighters are not exempt, according to a person working in employment at the Land Management Office.
The American forest service, the Land Management Office and the National Park Service employ more than 15,000 seasonal firefighters and seasonal firefighters who manage fuel, fight land land fires and help other judicial states in emergency situations as part of the National Accident Management System.
In at least one field office of the Land Administration Office, a section of the Ministry of Interior, officials participating in the annual employment were sent in an email message reviewed by NBC News “to keep all offers related to fire sites” due to the freezing.
The agency was “already in the middle of their summer employment [fire] The Federal Employment Director in Utah said that the workforce was when the Federal employment was freezed. KSL in Salt Lake City.
“The level of stupidity and negligence here stems,” said another official from the Blm involved in employment.
“What if no one would appear? How many people died with the garden hoses in their hands?” The person said. “People who make these decisions – are not the ones who will burn their homes.”
The employment of federal firefighters is a long process due to federal background examination, and any delay in this process raises concerns about the strength of federal fires, especially in the wake of Etone and Palisades fires in Los Angeles province, which killed at least 29 people and destroyed or damaged more than 18,000 structures, giving the entire neighborhoods.
“The federal firefighters are the backbone of public safety and fires in California,” said Brian Ferguson, spokesman for state governor Gavin New Tiros. “Any lack of employment exposes both federal citizens forests and California at risk.”
Newsom NBC News told the fires that the fires would be The most expensive in the history of the United States In terms of destruction.
NBC News has witnessed that NBC News firefighters respond to Palisades, and they also fought the Etone fire in the Angeles National Forest, where they deployed five large flying tankers, and 10 helicopters to combat fire and dozens of fire engines, according to the publication, according to the publication Government executive authorityThat covers federal business news.
Federal crews are attributed to a living rescue in the Etone fire, according to the video obtained by Ktla-TV from Los Angeles.
The Forestry Authority, the largest federal firefighting agency, is under the freezing of employment at the management level, according to January 21 is a note From Gary Washington, Acting Secretary of the Ministry of Agriculture, who supervises the agency.
“At this time, there are no exceptions to freezing employment in relation to management,” Books. Accordingly, it is valid immediately, the agencies and offices are not allowed to extend the employment offer for anyone. People whose work offer has been extended, but the acceptance has not been received, immediately contacted and informed that the offer has been canceled. “
Steve Guterres, a member of the National Federation of Federal Employees, confirmed that the offers were canceled and said that the freezing of employment has become more complicated by other efforts to relieve the federal workforce when there is already a shortage of federal firefighters.
Thousands of firefighters about the test mode were also at risk of finishing.
“I was hoping that there would be an exception or an exemption for this,” Guterres said.
Freezing federal employment in 2017 exempt from firefighters.
The Ministry of Interior said in a statement on Thursday that it was “President Donald J. Trump Executive order Through the federal civil workforce. ”
The forest service said in a statement that it “is actively working with OPM in the positions of ground firefighting,” referring to the White House employee management office.
National Park Service, the White House and the National Fire Center between the Boise, which coordinates the efforts of federal firefighters, did not respond to the requests for comment.
Sergio Gore, director of presidential staff at the White House, said, said: Fox NewsIn reference to freezing but not exactly firefighters, “freezing employment in its place enables us to examine new people coming and other sites, but you have to clean the house. See, it’s one of these things.”
In addition to freezing employment, Guterres said that the message of the acquisition that was sent to the federal workforce has gone to the current federal firefighters.
He said, “I don’t know how this can happen.” “I think it is a slap in the face of these brave men and women who contribute to public service and save societies, only to be on the side of the hill, saying,” Ha, here is your resignation message – signed by this date. “
