Alicia Victoria Lozano | NBC News
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Federal wildland firefighters secured a permanent pay raise Friday after years of waiting for Congress to answer their plea.
Included in the spending bill approved by Congress is a new pay scale and incident-response premium pay, which would apply to employees assigned to active fires.
The bill next goes to President Donald Trump to sign into law.
The new pay scale means firefighters will keep their temporary pay raises of either $20,000 annually or 50% of their base salary, enacted in 2021 under the Biden administration.
Firefighters will not be...
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