Guardian reports 14 on-duty fatalities, spike in burn injuries, and crew safety concerns
1 Sep 16 6:00 AM · 7d ago · 2 articles · 2 posts · 2 sources · development 1 of 1
Nine anonymous federal firefighters and retired personnel tell the Guardian that accidents have surged, burn injuries have spiked, and crews are being pushed into risky aggressive tactics. Firefighters United for Safety, Ethics and Ecology director Dr. Timothy Ingalsbee attributes injuries to 'crews being pushed into aggressive direct attack in times when it is not effective.' Departments of Interior and USFS decline to comment.
“Accidents have been through the roof. Widespread fatigue has set in after being on near-nonstop fire assignments since April.”
Federal firefighterTrump administration PolicymakerDr. Timothy Ingalsbee Fire ecologist and executive director of Firefighters United for Safety, Ethics and EcologyFive senators US CongressDepartment of Interior and US Forest Service Federal agencies
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first by The Guardian, 7d ago · also Mother Jones, Guardian US, Guardian Environment
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- “Near a Breaking Point:” Trump Is Failing Firefighters in an Intense Burn Season Mother Jones · 5d ago
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Firefighters battling enormous wildfires in the United States say the federal government is failing them when supercharged blazes have made their jobs exponentially more dangerous. While the US continues to grapple with a critical shortage of federal firefighters . . .
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"Firefighters battling enormous wildfires in the United States say the federal government (the Trump Administration) is failing them at a time when supercharged blazes have made their jobs exponentially more dangerous": https://www. theguardian.com/us-news/2026/s ep/16/wildfires-government-firefighter-shortage # Trump # WorstPresidentEver #…
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“Firefighting capacity is kind of like wages, and the fire environment is like inflation—it has not kept up.”
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The Guardian: We’re near a breaking point:’ firefighters say US government is failing them amid intense wildfire season https://www. theguardian.com/us-news/2026/s ep/16/wildfires-government-firefighter-shortage # wildfires # firefighting
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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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''We’re near a breaking point:’ firefighters say US govt is failing them amid intense wildfire season… “Accidents have been through the roof,” 1 firefighter said, adding that widespread fatigue has set in after being on near-nonstop fire assignments since April'
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Just watch the#tangerinepedophilethunderfuckinchief blame Biden and the Biden administration for the shortage in firefighters, you just know he won't accept responsibility for his own actions.
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After they DOGEd a third of that federal firefighting force
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Yes. Our entire government wants us to argue the why of climate change and in the mean time they spend nothing to adapt, mitigate and overcome climate change. It’s the same tactic big tobacco uses and why we argue about all the reasons people get heart disease they still sell cigarettes.
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Trump plan is to burn down the US , literally
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Trump wants to sell off natnl. forests, natnl. park land, drill for oil in sensitive areas like offshore, steal Native American land protected by treaties. What the hell does he care about saving nature (or humans)? He wants to squander endless funds he doesn’t have to fool himself about Iran.
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An idiot kid in Washington State was shooting fireworks out of a truck at other vehicles starting a grass fire and killing a 69 year old man. He's being charged with a arson and manslaughter.
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Trump’s endgame here is to give our national forests and BLM lands away to the logging, mining, & ranching industries.
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Fact is Trump simply doesn't give a shit.
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Blame Buckaroo Barbie & DOGE the MuskOx.
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Inflation will roar with the wildfires Denial is bipartisan .. Boycott oil
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Trump evil trait as his criminal family is to Steal💰. Not a one has ever been patriotic to 🇺🇸.
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It’s inexcusable. But not surprising. After all, the climate crisis is just a “hoax.”
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