https://www.cbsnews.com/sacramento/news/cal-fire-prepares-for-2025-fire-season-earlier-than-usual/
======================= "We trained over 1,900 new firefighters to strengthen the frontline forces across California, and we continue to expand our aviation program with those aircraft," Wettstein said. would you like some context on this sentence? 1. we added 2 C130 recently - usfs probably cut 5 airtankers recently 2. cal fire now has 1,900 totally inexpierenced firefighters on the line - probably 95% true 3. 1,900 'new' firefighters - vs - the 2,000 'new' firefighters that we laid off last year Cal Fire seems to have a crazy staffing scheme - 50% of staff are yearound captains and drivers and FF2 - the other 50% are rookie FF1 - FF1 are basically totally untrained seasonal people with 2 weeks of on the job training - gonna guess that 95% of the FF1 are hired each year with zero experience - becaause no one wants a dangerous part time job that has no future otoh - maybe we are totally wrong - maybe the FF1 work 8 months and then get 4 months of winter vacation in florida - so maybe 90% of the FF1 have previous experience -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "massfire" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/massfire/CAFXWwKZYpq78-%2BE1djiqaee9i1OQVkD9jmcgZUpaWNnya_bEHg%40mail.gmail.com.
