Biden Summons Governors , for Wildfire Season Meeting.<br />Biden Summons Governors , for Wildfire Season Meeting.<br />The meeting convened amid record-breaking <br />heat waves across the U.S. <br />on the cusp of the 2021 fire season.<br />The 2020 season resulted in dozens of deaths and <br />more than 10 million acres of charred land.<br />[The meeting will focus] on how the federal government can improve wildfire preparedness and response efforts, protect public safety, and deliver assistance to our people in times of urgent need, C.D.C. Statement, via NBC News.<br />New strategies discussed during the meeting <br />include beefed up satellite detection measures... .<br />... and increased coordination between the <br />Biden administration and state governments.<br />President Joe Biden also announced that <br />he has ordered the hourly wage of federal firefighters <br />to be increased by two dollars to $15.<br />I didn’t realize this, I have to admit, that federal firefighters get paid $13 an hour, President Joe Biden, via 'USA Today'.<br />That’s going to end in my administration. That’s a ridiculously low salary to pay federal firefighters, President Joe Biden, via 'USA Today'.<br />Biden reiterated that $47 billion <br />of the $1.2 trillion bipartisan <br />infrastructure plan... .<br />... is designated to prepare "the country's infrastructure <br />for wildfires, floods and other extreme weather."
