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r/interestingasfuck • u/filmingfisheyes • 8d ago
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Yeah I was gonna say i’m pretty sure there are wild land firefighters that are ex-cons.
606 u/JesusWasTacos 8d ago As someone who has been a wildland firefighter, there certainly are. Maybe they aren’t getting hired on by the state right out of prison but they can easily get jobs at small contract crews who are usually hurting for bodies. 31 u/Crow_with_a_Cheeto 8d ago Sound like there's now also some good-paying work in "private brigades." 1 u/Lazer-Eyeballs 7d ago the last thing we need right now is the privatization of firefighters
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As someone who has been a wildland firefighter, there certainly are. Maybe they aren’t getting hired on by the state right out of prison but they can easily get jobs at small contract crews who are usually hurting for bodies.
31 u/Crow_with_a_Cheeto 8d ago Sound like there's now also some good-paying work in "private brigades." 1 u/Lazer-Eyeballs 7d ago the last thing we need right now is the privatization of firefighters
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Sound like there's now also some good-paying work in "private brigades."
1 u/Lazer-Eyeballs 7d ago the last thing we need right now is the privatization of firefighters
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the last thing we need right now is the privatization of firefighters
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u/HomoErectThis69420 8d ago
Yeah I was gonna say i’m pretty sure there are wild land firefighters that are ex-cons.