|
FEDERAL FIREFIGHTER COMPENSATION:JON C. PORTER
|
Congressional Testimony
08-12-2005
Opening Statement of Jon C. Porter U.S. Representative Committee on House
Government Reform Subcommittee on Federal Workforce and Agency Organization
August 12, 2005 I would like to thank everyone for being here today at
beautiful Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area. A special thanks
to the Bureau of Land Management for hosting us this morning. We couldn`t
have picked a more appropriate place to discuss Federal wildland firefighters
since right here in Red Rock we have had a number of wild fires this season
already. In fact, just this past July a wild fire ...
Related newspaper, magazine, and trade journal articles from HighBeam Research
(Including press releases, facts, information, and biographies)
|
|
FIREFIGHTERS PAY:RICHARD W. POMBO
; ...2814, after several wildland firefighters in my district brought...Nation's ability to fight wildland fires. This is accomplished...experienced federal wildland firefighters. At this time, I would...currently contending with wildland fire activity. At...testified that larger ...
|
|
|
FEDERAL FIREFIGHTER COMPENSATION:RICHARD W. POMBO
; ...men and women that fight wildland fires, but our Nation`s readiness...the destructive forces of wildland fires. My bill, H.R. 408 ``The...year, our Nation`s federal wildland firefighters risked their lives battling...addressing the hazards of wildland fires and not ...
|
|
|
FIREFIGHTERS PAY:TOM UDALL(NM)
; ...courageous efforts of many of the federal wildland firefighters. In many of the western states, wildland fires affect many communities and natural...chronic shortage of trained, professional wildland firefighters, which has been exacerb
|
|
DEAR COLLEAGUE
; ...wildfire year. Federal wildland firefighters are this country's...number of qualified wildland firefighters. Without these men...for type II federal wildland fighters. Type H federal wildland firefighters have specially trained...cap is leaving these wildland ...
|
|
|
FEDERAL FIREFIGHTER COMPENSATION:NANCY H. KICHAK
; ...for Federal wildland firefighters generally...by Federal wildland firefighters and by their...compensation of wildland firefighters generally...classification of wildland firefighters, it might...firefighters. Wildland firefighters are employed...and ...
|
|
|
FEDERAL FIREFIGHTER COMPENSATION:CASEY JUDD
; ...the largest employer of federal wildland firefighters. Many of these wildland firefighters are permanent employees of the...hires. The vast majority of federal wildland firefighters are assigned to National Forests...
|
|
|
FIREFIGHTERS PAY:JOE SCARBOROUGH
; ...Scarborough Subcommittee on Civil Service Wildland Firefighters Pay: Are There Inequities? September...will conduct a hearing, entitled Wildland Firefighters Pay: Are There Inequities? The...caps on overtime pay available to wildland firefighters of the Department of the Interior...
|
|
Colorado Governor Frees $1.6 Million to Address 2003 Wildfire Threat.
; ...Immediate response to new wildland fires, by prepositioned air tankers...also pay to operate 10 new wildland fire trucks, bought last...appeal to avoid putting wildland firefighters at risk. Nine wildland firefighters died in Colorado...was Colorado's worst for wildland ...
|
|
Training, testing to become wildland firefighters.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
; ...to test the mettle of would-be wildland firefighters, who will face much harsher conditions...will be certified as Type II basic wildland firefighters. Known as the pack test, they must...is an annual litmus exam for all wildland firefighters nationwide. This day, it will feel...
|
 "Deseret News (Salt Lake City)")
|
Memorial honors wildland firefighters
; ...Shaw heard about the memorial for wildland firefighters, it was different. Shaw worked...the past decade, an average of 18 wildland firefighters were killed annually, according...planted to represent landscapes where wildland firefighters do their work. Sagebrush represents...
|
For more facts and information,
see all results
