Firefighters sound alarm as US faces critical staffing shortage: ‘We don’t have enough people’

Firefighters sound alarm as US faces critical staffing shortage: ‘We don’t have enough people’

The U.S. has faced a critical shortage of firefighters at the Forest Service, or USFS, this summer as thousands of fires erupted across the country. Despite officials’ claims that the firefighting workforce was stronger than ever, the agency has failed to keep pace with escalating conditions and the catastrophic fires fueled by them, according to nine firefighters who spoke to the Guardian anonymously, because they are barred from disclosing the…