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Homelessness, PTSD and paltry pay: The crisis in wildland firefighting

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Homelessness, PTSD and paltry pay: The crisis in wildland firefighting

Many of the 19,000 wildland firefighters employed by the US government earn less than a liveable wage, while risking their lives to protect other people’s homes. Louise Boyle reports

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