#wildland firefighters

[swampsandsagebrush]

Let's not forget that the federal agencies responsible for employeeing the nation's wildland firefighters are severely underfunded and currently lack the staff needed to handle the wildfire crisis now and over the upcoming summer.

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[corvidist]

And his name that sat on him was death, and hell followed with him

[paitatertot]

THE INDIGENOUS REPRESENTATION IN STATION 19 & THE WILDLAND FIREFIGHTING

[botanyshitposts]

since the beginning of this blog people have asked me. how do i get a job in botany. and i am here to say i do not know because the only jobs i have ever had have been in agriculture, the section of applied botany other than natural resources that makes stable 9 to 5 money long term. my career path is more winding than i wanted it to be...... my motivations complex..... i want to go to plant grad school some day for plant evolutionary biology my deepest most heartfelt love but at the same time manual labor entices me with a deep urgency right now at age 25.... ive been hitting the gym for the past 2 months daily for the arduous pack test because i NEED to toil or i WILL perish and i also find helping people rewarding and these things come in direct conflict with what i thought was a pretty straightforward academia storyline. i can carry 20 pounds 3 miles in under 45 minutes now which doesnt sound like a lot but in my defense i didnt play sports in high school. just got my healthcare CPR certification and im starting EMT classes soon tbh

[enjoythesilentworld]

kindling

It still smelled of ash in the tent. Simon’s heart began to pound in his chest, and suddenly Wille was not close enough. Simon needed him, needed him closer, needed to feel he was there, and real, and still breathing.

Or, While everything around them burns, Simon and Wille find comfort in each other.

† For Kinktober: Staying Quiet, Intercrural, Semi-public Sex † @youngroyals-events

read here on ao3 (E, 3k)

[next-hero-in-line]

Hey I know this is weird but I woke up from a sleep deprivation nap the other day and my first thought was

"woah what if twilight and time were firefighters they've got the build for it" but in your artstyle

but when I tried to imagine it in my sleepy haze All I could imagine was just two translucent deep sea creatures

Visual representation^^

I love that thought- and I might draw it but also I’m obsessed with these little amebas you’ve drawn.

Literally made my day LOOK AT THEM 💕💕💕

[larryshapiro]

wildfire on the Yakima Indian Reservation

[fruityforestry]

Knee high White's handmade lineman boots at work.

[quaranmine]

I don't have time to write it out now but I realized last night that I may have taken it a little bit for granted if my readers truly know what a hot shot crew is or not lmao so I may make a post on that with some articles/videos to throw in my masterpost

[alectoperdita]

Hi

For the wip game

What about the ski lodge au ? Thank you

💜

From WIP Game

Ski Lodge AU is a collaborative AU between @wahwahwashbear and myself. He posed the idea of ski patroller Joey who is forced to babysit Seto and his rich frienemies on their annual ski trip where they rent out a luxury chalet and do over-the-top shit like heli skiing. Joey and Seto start to grow close and fall for each other over the course of the trip.

Here's a snippet. I didn't get very far tbh.

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"Seto Kaiba—"

Joey couldn't help but perk at the name. Somehow, the tech CEO was the most tolerable of the bunch? He wasn't exactly friendly, but he didn't go out of his way to antagonize ski patrol or other resort staff like his peers. As far as pretty faces went, Joey knew which one he rather be stuck babysitting all day.

"His brother, Mokuba Kaiba's also coming. And rounding out the group this year is Jagger Princeton."

Joey pulled a face. An elbow ribbed him and he looked to his left to find his buddy, Tristan, mirroring his expression. Who the hell named their kid Jagger, they both silently asked each other.

Taylor continued, "They're requesting the same arrangement as previous years. Two on-call patrol members to accompany their group for the duration of their stay. But given that they will be heliskiing, at least one person has to be a Senior Patroller, preferably with backcountry experience."

Again, Tristan elbowed him. There were only four Senior Patrollers in their chapter, Joey included. And of the four, he had the most wilderness survival skills under his belt.

"Pay's time and a half for the two weeks since it includes Christmas. Room is available at the chalet if you don't want to commute each day, but you'll be sharing with each other. Any questions?"

A tentative hand rose above the group. It was one of the newbies, straight out of college. "Isn't that like special treatment? I mean, we're here for everyone's safety, not just theirs, right? It doesn't seem fair to monopolize two of us for the eight of them."

"Since when do rules apply to the rich and obnoxious?" snorted Tristan.

Taylor was far more diplomatic in his response. That was why he was Patrol Director. "Yes, this is not how we usually operate. But we can't do our job effectively if we don't maintain our partnerships with the mountain's resorts. The management that owns the Sunridge chalet has kindly requested this accommodation." He paused for a second before adding, "And the guests have promised a generous donation to our chapter as thanks."

There it was. Money spoke at the end of the day.

[maingel]

listen man. wildland firefighters are objectively hot

[incendiorum-arch]

io cannot un-make a fire. they could stop it (maybe) through physical means, but they can’t will it out of existence with their magic. especially the fire io makes. once a flame is kindled, it cannot be un-kindled. it exists, and it will burn, whether you want it to or not.

[ranger-tater]

Plenty of women getting into the fire service, and protecting the environment as wildland fire fighters so I dunno wtf that creature is on about. Maybe if more feminists get into wildland firefighting it’ll actually be a better paying job. 20 an hour to just be in California isn’t worth it, let alone actually protecting it.

Also wildland firefighting is just outright so hot (ha!)

[larryshapiro]

LA County Firefighters at work