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Wildland firefighting is dangerous, but no single activity is more dangerous than another, report finds – Wildfire Today

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The job of wildland firefighters is “inherently dangerous,” but an analysis of nearly 500 wildland firefighter injuries over four years in the United States found no single activity on the job is more dangerous than another. The analysis, recently published in the International Journal of Wildland Fire, used weekly U.S. Forest Service reports from between March 23, 2019, and Dec. 31, 2023, to create an in-depth assessment of wildland firefighter…
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Wildfire Today broke the news in on Wednesday, June 25, 2025.
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