<p>Top Democrat on Oversight Committee Demands Trump Administration Account for Wildland Firefighter Vacancies<br>—</p><p>In June, the Forest Service told the public that it reached 99% of its hiring goal for its wildland firefighting workforce. But as of July 17, around 27% of jobs were still vacant, according to data obtained by ProPublica. <br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/forest-service-wildland-firefighters-staffing?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/forest-service-wildland-firefighters-staffing?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/for</span><span class="invisible">est-service-wildland-firefighters-staffing?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/wildfire/" rel="tag">#Wildfire</a> <a href="/tags/fire/" rel="tag">#Fire</a> <a href="/tags/firefighters/" rel="tag">#Firefighters</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/government/" rel="tag">#Government</a> <a href="/tags/data/" rel="tag">#Data</a> <a href="/tags/report/" rel="tag">#Report</a></p>
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<p>Here's how wildfire smoke exposure can impact your health</p><p>Exposure to wildfire smoke — especially if it's heavy and over a long period of time — can cause adverse health effects in anybody, regardless of health status or age. 👉 But even mild wildfire exposure can significantly impact at-risk groups, such as people with chronic health conditions, seniors, young children and pregnant women. </p><p><a href="/tags/wildfire/" rel="tag">#Wildfire</a> <a href="/tags/health/" rel="tag">#Health</a> <br> <a href="/tags/canada/" rel="tag">#Canada</a> <a href="/tags/usa/" rel="tag">#USA</a> <a href="/tags/eu/" rel="tag">#EU</a> <br><a href="/tags/climate/" rel="tag">#Climate</a> </p><p><a href="https://www.cbc.ca/news/wildfire-smoke-exposure-health-1.7551559" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.cbc.ca/news/wildfire-smoke-exposure-health-1.7551559"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.cbc.ca/news/wildfire-smoke</span><span class="invisible">-exposure-health-1.7551559</span></a></p>
<p>⚠️ 🚨 Health Alert-Wildfire Smoke⚠️ </p><p>Be aware:</p><p>Breathing wildfire smoke? </p><p>At any level, it is Not Safe ! </p><p>Read this is link and download the PDF </p><p>Link here: <a href="https://www.canada.ca/content/dam/hc-sc/documents/services/publications/healthy-living/wildfire-smoke-health/wildfire-smoke-health.pdf" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.canada.ca/content/dam/hc-sc/documents/services/publications/healthy-living/wildfire-smoke-health/wildfire-smoke-health.pdf"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.canada.ca/content/dam/hc-s</span><span class="invisible">c/documents/services/publications/healthy-living/wildfire-smoke-health/wildfire-smoke-health.pdf</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/wildfire/" rel="tag">#Wildfire</a> <a href="/tags/canada/" rel="tag">#Canada</a> <a href="/tags/usa/" rel="tag">#USA</a> <a href="/tags/health/" rel="tag">#Health</a></p>
<p>🔥 🇨🇦 🗺️ With Canada warming twice as fast as the global average (Government of Canada 2019), and home to more than a quarter of the world’s boreal forests, the country is experiencing this consequence of global heating firsthand.</p><p><a href="/tags/climateemergency/" rel="tag">#ClimateEmergency</a> <br><a href="/tags/canada/" rel="tag">#Canada</a> <a href="/tags/wildfire/" rel="tag">#Wildfire</a> <a href="/tags/nature/" rel="tag">#Nature</a> <br><a href="/tags/environment/" rel="tag">#Environment</a> <a href="/tags/fossilfuels/" rel="tag">#FossilFuels</a> <br><a href="/tags/alberta/" rel="tag">#Alberta</a> <a href="/tags/energy/" rel="tag">#Energy</a> <br><a href="/tags/cdnpoli/" rel="tag">#Cdnpoli</a> <a href="/tags/cdnpoli/" rel="tag">#Cdnpoli</a> <br> <a href="https://climateinstitute.ca/news/fact-sheet-wildfires/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="climateinstitute.ca/news/fact-sheet-wildfires/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">climateinstitute.ca/news/fact-</span><span class="invisible">sheet-wildfires/</span></a></p>
<p>🇨🇦 🇨🇦 🇨🇦 🔥 💨 </p><p>If your Air Purifier suddenly stops working and you notice the change filter light illuminated , but you remember it was recently changed try this:<br>Take it apart, then examine and gently clean the sensor .<br>Reassemble and reset, then it might work again.</p><p><a href="/tags/wildfire/" rel="tag">#Wildfire</a> <a href="/tags/smoke/" rel="tag">#Smoke</a> <a href="/tags/health/" rel="tag">#Health</a> <br><a href="/tags/airpurifier/" rel="tag">#AirPurifier</a> <a href="/tags/diy/" rel="tag">#DIY</a> <a href="/tags/canada/" rel="tag">#Canada</a></p>
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<p>Trump Said Cuts Wouldn’t Affect Public Safety. Then He Fired Hundreds of Workers Who Help Fight Wildfires.<br>—</p><p>The White House and DOGE have sought to eliminate thousands of jobs from the Forest Service. The wildland firefighting force is one of many targets within the agency.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-doge-cuts-forest-service-firefighting?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/trump-doge-cuts-forest-service-firefighting?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/tru</span><span class="invisible">mp-doge-cuts-forest-service-firefighting?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/wildfire/" rel="tag">#Wildfire</a> <a href="/tags/forest/" rel="tag">#Forest</a> <a href="/tags/safety/" rel="tag">#Safety</a> <a href="/tags/doge/" rel="tag">#DOGE</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/government/" rel="tag">#Government</a></p>