Sheehy, Padilla look to secure hazard pay for prescribed burns

By: Jordan Hansen

Outlets: Daily Montanan

Published: June 29, 2026

Words: 369

Last Updated: 3 weeks, 3 days ago

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Legislation introduced in the U.S. Senate this month from Republican Montana Sen. Tim Sheehy and Democratic California Sen. Alex Padilla seeks to extend firefighter hazard pay to prescribed burns and training jumps.

Wildland firefighters already get hazard pay while working on active fires, but they do not currently for prescribed burns or while training for aerial insertion into an incident.

Prescribed burns are also seen as a way to reduce fire risk and this …

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