Dems want details on federal wildland fire service

Nearly a dozen Democratic congressional leaders on Wednesday asked the Interior Secretary to halt creation of a consolidated federal wildland fire service, the U.S. Wildland Fire Service, which would result from the consolidation of all the Interior firefighting operations into a single unit, until he can explain how it improves on existing firefighting resources.

Dems want details on federal wildland fire service

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