an hourly wage of $13.45. that s because wild land firefighters are classified as quote, forestry technicians by the federal government. there s no classification takes into the account the dangerous work that these men and women do, bipartisan group of house members want to change it. congresswoman joe jordan a goose of colorado, and congresswoman les cheney of wyoming, and congresswoman katie porter of california, to improve the pay and benefits of federal firefighters, the bill would raise their hourly pay, to these $20 an hour. $20 an hour to tactical of fire, and their salaries to at least $28,000 a year. it would guarantee these firefighters receive health care, including mental health support, it improve paid leave and retirement benefits, and secure funding for housing intuition assistance. the bill is called the tim heart wild land firefighter classification and paid parity act. its name for a smoke jumper from wyoming who died earlier