- The newly-signed infrastructure bill includes new benefits for federal firefighters. The now-signed Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act includes new funding to raise salaries and create mental health programs for federal wildland firefighters. It also authorizes the Biden administration to convert more temporary firefighting positions into permanent ones. The bill instructs the Office of Personnel Management to create a new pay and classification system for wildland firefighters. That new system would define specific annual salary increases for eligible firefighters. (Federal News Network)
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