Wildland Firefighter Hazard Pay Correction Act
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- Introduced
- Passed Senate
- Passed House
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Overview
This bill aims to provide hazard pay to wildland firefighters who participate in prescribed burns and smokejumpers who perform parachute jumps. It clarifies that these activities involve unusual physical hardship and hazards comparable to those faced during wildfire suppression. The bill directs the Office of Personnel Management to create regulations to implement this change, ensuring firefighters are fairly compensated for the risks they take.
Key provisions
- Expands hazard pay eligibility to include duties related to prescribed burns.
- Defines ‘prescribed burn’ as intentional vegetation application for land management.
- Extends hazard pay to smokejumpers performing training or operational jumps.
- Establishes a pay differential equal to that for fighting forest and range fires.
- Requires the Office of Personnel Management to issue implementing regulations within 90 days.
- Specifies a timeline for when the changes in pay apply.
Who is affected
- Wildland firefighters
- Smokejumpers
- Federal employees in the Office of Personnel Management
Notable changes
- Adds prescribed burns and smokejumpers to the list of duties eligible for hazard pay.
- Aligns hazard pay for these activities with wildfire suppression pay differentials.
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