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"It was a cute little fire, and it was right by the road," said Sienna Falzetta cheerfully, recalling a fire she and her crew fought in Idaho during a season she spent as a GS-4 Forestry Technician, or wildland firefighter.

Hurry Up and Wait: Stress and Mental Health in the Wildland Firefighting World

July 14, 2022

"It was a cute little fire, and it was right by the road," said Sienna Falzetta cheerfully, recalling a fire she and her crew fought in Idaho during a season she spent as a GS-4 Forestry Technician, or wildland firefighter.

Wildland firefighters embody grit. Their culture, at its best, upholds the values of duty, respect, and integrity. Not everybody can work 16-hour days of physical, mental, and environmental stress, expend 4,000-6,000 calories a day, and sleep in the woods, for 14 days at a time. At its worst, however, this culture's toughness and values are distorted. Perceptions of toughness become steeped in sexism and toxic masculinity.

"And Girl": Women in Wildland Firefighting

May 26, 2022

Wildland firefighters embody grit. Their culture, at its best, upholds the values of duty, respect, and integrity. Not everybody can work 16-hour days of physical, mental, and environmental stress, expend 4,000-6,000 calories a day, and sleep in the woods, for 14 days at a time. At its worst, however, this culture's toughness and values are distorted. Perceptions of toughness become steeped in sexism and toxic masculinity.

It was three A.M. in Santa Barbara, and a fire blazed in the foothills of the American Riviera. Lindsay Rae Silvia, then a wildland firefighter working in California, woke up poolside, on a lounge chair, to sirens and the thudding roar of helicopters overhead.

Day in the Life of a Wildland Firefighter

May 19, 2022

It was three A.M. in Santa Barbara, and a fire blazed in the foothills of the American Riviera. Lindsay Rae Silvia, then a wildland firefighter working in California, woke up poolside, on a lounge chair, to sirens and the thudding roar of helicopters overhead.

The latest by:

Julianna Lakomski

"It was a cute little fire, and it was right by the road," said Sienna Falzetta cheerfully, recalling a fire she and her crew fought in Idaho during a season she spent as a GS-4 Forestry Technician, or wildland firefighter.

Hurry Up and Wait: Stress and Mental Health in the Wildland Firefighting World

July 14, 2022

"It was a cute little fire, and it was right by the road," said Sienna Falzetta cheerfully, recalling a fire she and her crew fought in Idaho during a season she spent as a GS-4 Forestry Technician, or wildland firefighter.

Wildland firefighters embody grit. Their culture, at its best, upholds the values of duty, respect, and integrity. Not everybody can work 16-hour days of physical, mental, and environmental stress, expend 4,000-6,000 calories a day, and sleep in the woods, for 14 days at a time. At its worst, however, this culture's toughness and values are distorted. Perceptions of toughness become steeped in sexism and toxic masculinity.

"And Girl": Women in Wildland Firefighting

May 26, 2022

Wildland firefighters embody grit. Their culture, at its best, upholds the values of duty, respect, and integrity. Not everybody can work 16-hour days of physical, mental, and environmental stress, expend 4,000-6,000 calories a day, and sleep in the woods, for 14 days at a time. At its worst, however, this culture's toughness and values are distorted. Perceptions of toughness become steeped in sexism and toxic masculinity.

It was three A.M. in Santa Barbara, and a fire blazed in the foothills of the American Riviera. Lindsay Rae Silvia, then a wildland firefighter working in California, woke up poolside, on a lounge chair, to sirens and the thudding roar of helicopters overhead.

Day in the Life of a Wildland Firefighter

May 19, 2022

It was three A.M. in Santa Barbara, and a fire blazed in the foothills of the American Riviera. Lindsay Rae Silvia, then a wildland firefighter working in California, woke up poolside, on a lounge chair, to sirens and the thudding roar of helicopters overhead.

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