Sen. Kyrsten Sinema introduces bill to prevent pay cut for wildland firefighters

[Leroy N. Soetoro]

https://www.azfamily.com/2023/07/14/sen-kyrsten-sinema-introduces-bill-
prevent-pay-cut-wildland-firefighters/

PHOENIX (3TV/CBS 5) -- Arizona Independent Sen. Kyrsten Sinema joined five
other politicians to introduce the Wildland Firefighter Paycheck
Protection Act on Thursday.

The bipartisan group of lawmakers wants to continue paying wildland fire
crews what they make right now instead of seeing their salaries cut by as
much as 50%. Wildland firefighters could lose as much as $20,000 in base
pay. “I’ve introduced this legislation to maintain paying that pay level
for our wildland firefighters to make sure they don’t get a devastating
pay cut come October the first,” Sen. Sinema said. “It’s a salary so low
it’s not sustainable for any wildland firefighters.”

The senator told AZ Family she is confident they will pass this
legislation before the funding runs out on Sept. 30. The current pay scale
for the fire crews was approved in the infrastructure deal a couple of
years ago. The funding for that bill will expire at the end of September.
If her new bill is approved, the current pay scale will continue for
firefighters.

As of Thursday, the Bureau of Land Management said there had been 818
wildfires so far this year in Arizona. Fire departments in the Valley are
responding to two or three wildfires a day, which can wear on
firefighters. “A job of a firefighter is a high level of risk we all take
the job knowing that risk, but the more fires we have the longer our
season goes,” National Fire Prevention Education Team member Brandalyn
Vonk said. “It can increase the stress, it can really thin out resources
and then we get into the process of prioritize.”

Vonk is part of a team that goes around the country to educate people
about wildfires. She says about 90% of wildfires are likely caused by
human activity. Dragging chains on a trailer or parking over a dry brush
can easily spark flames when it’s been hot and dry for so long. Recently,
the Flying V and Diamond Fires were ignited by human activity. “We want
everyone to be safe and the public helps us out by not starting these
wildfires and helping us out. Hopefully, we can get our firefighters home
at the end of every day,” she explained.

To learn more about how you can prevent the next wildfire, click here.
https://wildlandfire.az.gov/.


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