Aren’t most firefighters from the U.S. Forest Service?
Five federal agencies that manage public lands also have wildland fire programs, which address fire in all types of vegetation, including forests. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service alone manages 75 million acres of burnable lands, primarily national wildlife refuges, across all 50 states and U.S. territories, surrounded by more than 700 communities. Some states and local agencies, as well as private land organizations like The Nature Conservancy, also hire wildland firefighters.
