Kirk Siegler
speaker
267 appearances
46 recordings
1 series
first heard Sep 2025
last heard 19 Aug
Kirk Siegler’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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Well, it's a huge deal because it means all of the resources have been deployed at all the fires across the country.
So if we get another big fire, we're in trouble.
And that's probably why I'm not seeing a whole lot here outside the center.
The center has made a plea for international help.
In fact, we're expecting a crew of elite firefighters coming in from Australia to land this weekend and get deployed across the West.
New numbers provided to NPR by the U.S.
Forest Service show the agency has now hired more than 11,500 seasonal firefighters, which is ahead of where Chief Tom Schultz says they need to be.
Schultz's warning of a potentially long and smoky summer in the West.
So we do have conditions that are alarming, but we are prepared for that.
Schultz credits the solid hiring numbers to recent pay raises approved for federal wildland firefighters, but he acknowledges morale is still a big issue after President Trump cut thousands of permanent staff in the last year.
Those included experienced veterans who were part of elite incident command teams and so-called red card holders who were trained to deploy to major fires.
Kirk Sigler, NPR News, Boise.
New numbers provided to NPR by the U.S.
Forest Service show the agency has now hired more than 11,500 seasonal firefighters, which is ahead of where Chief Tom Schultz says they need to be.
Schultz's warning of a potentially long and smoky summer in the West.
So we do have conditions that are alarming, but we are prepared for that.
Schultz credits the solid hiring numbers to recent pay raises approved for federal wildland firefighters, but he acknowledges morale is still a big issue after President Trump cut thousands of permanent staff in the last year.
Those included experienced veterans who were part of elite incident command teams and so-called red card holders who were trained to deploy to major fires.
Kirk Sigler, NPR News, Boise.
Wait, this is true?
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