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Thursday, June 5, 2025

Ukraine wouldn’t launch Operation Spiderweb if Russia agreed to ceasefire — Ukraine could face 500+ Russian drones a night as Kremlin builds new launch sites — Putin’s disregard for troops highlighted as Russian losses approach 1 million, CSIS report shows — For the first time, Pentagon chief to skip Ramstein-format meeting of Ukraine’s allies … and more

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alojapan.com/1284123/gas-explo Gas explosion injures 10 at Tokyo construction site, prompting evacuation #ConstructionIndustry #EdogawaWard #firefighters #JapanesePolice #Tokyo #TokyoTopics #東京 #東京都 A gas explosion at a construction site in Tokyo’s Edogawa Ward injured 10 people on Tuesday morning, prompting a large-scale emergency response and temporary evacuations. The blast occurred around 9:30 a.m. in the Higashikasai area, and was followed by reports of a loud explosi…

A Tennessee Fire Department watched a home burn down and watched the pets die in the fire, refusing to do a single thing because ... the people never paid a $75 fee. The owners offered to pay thousands on the spot, but the so-called humans wouldn't help. Not a drop of water on the fire.

I am so upset. Every day I lose more faith in people and become more disgusted in government.

npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/20

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“This administration is not streamlining the federal government; they are sabotaging it & all of us,” said #NYAG #LetitiaJames, who is leading the challenge filed Monday. “When you fire the #scientists who #research #InfectiousDiseases, silence the #doctors who care for #pregnant people, & shut down the programs that help #firefighters & #miners breathe or #children thrive, you are not making America healthy—you are putting countless lives at risk.”

Texas Tribune: Texas will share equipment database with local fire departments to help beat wildfires. “A bill that establishes a statewide inventory of firefighting equipment won final approval Wednesday. The bill, a response to the historic wildfires that engulfed the Texas Panhandle last year, now heads to Gov. Greg Abbott’s desk. Senate Bill 767, filed by state Sen. Kevin Sparks, […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/05/04/texas-tribune-texas-will-share-equipment-database-with-local-fire-departments-to-help-beat-wildfires/

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@knittingknots2
They supported trump in 2020.

In 2024 they hugged him, welcomed his photo op with cold pizzas, & booed Letitia James. They refused to endorse Harris.

In 2025, trump stripped funding of their 911 health program. He gutted the NIOSH department. And now he's further cutting funding for firefighter health & safety.

Now they discovered REGRETS. That sponsorship of trump by #firefighters may have backfired.

#fdny#NY#PA

"Most notably, about 700 Forest Service employees terminated in mid-February’s “Valentine’s Day massacre” are red-card-carrying staffers, an agency spokesperson confirmed to ProPublica. These workers hold other full-time jobs in the agency, but they’ve been trained to aid firefighting crews, such as by providing logistical support during blazes. They also assist with prescribed burns, which reduce flammable vegetation and prevent bigger fires, but the burns can only move forward if there’s a certain number of staff available to contain them. (Non-firefighting employees without a red card cannot perform such tasks.)

Red-card-carrying employees are the “backbone” of the firefighting force, and their loss will have “a significant impact,” said Frank Beum, a board member of the National Association of Forest Service Retirees who spent more than four decades with the agency and ran the Rocky Mountain Region. “There are not enough primary firefighters to do the full job that needs to be done when we have a high fire season.”

ProPublica spoke to employees across the Forest Service — which manages an area of land nearly twice the size of California — including staff working in firefighting, facilities, timber sales and other roles, to learn how sweeping personnel changes are affecting the agency’s ability to function. The employees said cuts, which have hit the agency’s recreation, wildlife, IT and other divisions, show the Trump administration is shifting the agency’s focus away from environmental stewardship and toward industry and firefighting.

But notwithstanding Trump’s stated guardrails, the cuts have affected the Forest Service’s more than 10,000-person-strong firefighting force."

propublica.org/article/trump-d

ProPublicaTrump Said Cuts Wouldn’t Affect Public Safety. Then He Fired Hundreds of Workers Who Help Fight Wildfires.
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#USA#Trump#DOGE

Via LA County: The much-anticipated, all-female cohort of the JCOD Firefighter Training Program at the Los Angeles County Training Center (LACTC) will kick off this month.

The first cadets have already begun moving into the training site. Between 15 to 20 women are expected to participate in Cohort 2 of the Firefighter Training Program

More info and application in link

jcod.lacounty.gov/program/la-c

Justice, Care and Opportunities Department (JCOD)Los Angeles County Training Center (LACTC) - Justice, Care and Opportunities Department (JCOD)