Fire Chat Friday Session 24: Permanent pay increase for wildland firefighters

Bureau of Land Management (BLM) fire program / National Interagency Fire Center (NIFC) briefing · March 25, 2025

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Samantha Storms (division chief for external affairs, BLM fire program) opened the online brief to explain the permanent pay fix included in the continuing resolution, outline the session format, and invite questions from attendees.

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BLM/NIFC staff explained how the permanent pay fix for wildland firefighters included in the recent continuing resolution will be implemented, who is covered, timing for payroll changes and incident-based premium pay rules, and a new calculator to estimate individual impacts.

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