wildland

President Donald Trump’s executive orders shrinking the federal workforce make a notable exception for public safety staff, including those who fight wildland fires.

The Department of Agriculture posted the job opening, describing the division as providing “support to the interagency wildland fire community’s technical needs.”

The smokejumpers were equipped with wildland firefighting gear, including a football-style leather helmet with a grill in front and other tools.

Marine Corps veteran and former wildland firefighter Neil Gallagher felt honored to visit Harris at his home in January.

Cal Fire’s model instead accounts for the vegetation type, topology, climate and weather for wildland areas to calculate the probability of an area burning and the likely intensity of the blaze.