Firefighters who extinguished forests in California were offered layoffs before mass layoffs

The U.S. authorities have sent e-mails to firefighters involved in fighting forest fires in the U.S. state of California, offering to resign at their own request before the start of layoffs. This was reported by The Washington Post (WP) on February 1 with reference to the document.

Similar letters were received by other federal employees, which caused alarm in these circles. The article specifies that large-scale cuts will begin at the end of September.

"According to firefighters and union leaders, federal firefighting crews are already underpaid even though they are suffering from attrition. Cutting those forces, they said, would limit the nation's ability to respond to another life-threatening fire as climate change causes fire seasons to lengthen," the paper said.

Firefighters who made comments to the newspaper said they had to work in terrible conditions amid high winds and major destruction. Also as a result, the houses of some colleagues burned down.

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Earlier, on January 28, White House press secretary Caroline Leavitt said that the administration of former US President Joe Biden spent budget funds like "drunken sailors." She noted that this was one of the reasons for the inflationary crisis in the country. It is reported that in this regard, the Trump administration temporarily stopped the funding of a number of federal programs.

On January 24, the current US President Donald Trump reported on plans to sign an order on reforming the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). The response is expected to be required to be carried out by the states instead.

The multiple wildfires in Los Angeles started on January 7. According to the latest data from CNN, 28 people died as a result, more than 16 thousand g suffered from the fires. On January 14, the damage from the fires raging in California was estimated at more than $250 billion.

The fire destroyed luxury mansions of Hollywood actors and celebrities such as Anthony Hopkins, Adam Brody, Anna Faris, Eugene Levy, John Goodman, Billy Crystal and Paris Hilton. Many of these homes were worth millions of dollars.