Federal firefighters doing prescribed burns and smokejumpers would get hazard pay.
This bill would make sure federal firefighters who do prescribed burns get the same hazard pay as those fighting wildfires. It would also give hazard pay to smokejumpers for their parachute jumps. This means firefighters would see increased pay for dangerous duties.
Today, federal law does not explicitly list prescribed burns or smokejumper parachute jumps as duties that qualify for hazard pay equal to fighting wildfires. If this bill becomes law, these specific duties would be officially recognized as hazardous. Federal employees performing them would then receive the same hazard pay as those on the front lines of forest and range fires.
S 4824 · 119th Congress · June 18, 2026 · AI Summary by gemini-2.5-flash · 9/10
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