VERIFIED QUOTE · reported 2026-08-19
“It shouldn’t really surprise anybody that we’re in the situation that we are in, because we haven’t invested in our federal firefighters,”
Seth McKinney · said date not stated · reported 2026-08-19
McKinney, who returned to help the USFS this summer, criticized chronic underinvestment in federal firefighters.
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