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Cal Fire
With fire seasons lasting longer and wildland firefighters working more hours, agencies around the basin are working to address mental health concerns among their crews.
Even during a mild fire season, firefighting is a physically and mentally taxing job. Tahoe Douglas Fire Protection District Crews work 16-hour days on 14-day assignments and typically have two days off between each assignment.
“So, in a month, you see basically two days off, which is just grinding for the average wildland firefighter, who’s 18 to 25 years old and wants a life other than work,” said Tahoe Douglas Fire Fuels Management Chief Keegan Schafer.
Cal Fire
With fire seasons lasting longer and wildland firefighters working more hours, agencies around the basin are working to address mental health concerns among their crews.
Even during a mild fire season, firefighting is a physically and mentally taxing job. Tahoe Douglas Fire Protection District Crews work 16-hour days on 14-day assignments and typically have two days off between each assignment.
“So, in a month, you see basically two days off which is just grinding for the average wildland firefighter, who’s 18 to 25 years old and wants a life other than work,” said Tahoe Douglas Fire Fuels Management Chief Keegan Schafer.
Highlander
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At the beginning of 2020, UCR lost its designation as a Hispanic-Serving Institution after a filing omission occurred under UCRâs Office of Planning, Budget and Administration that caused them to miss the filing deadline for 2020. UCR estimates that it lost $2.4 million in Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund and Coronavirus Aid Relief and Economic Security Act funding due to losing its HSI designation. The university has officially regained its status as a HSI after approval from the U.S. Department of Education.Â
Hispanic-Serving Institutions are defined under Title V of the U.S. Department of Educationâs Higher Education Act as an institution of higher education with a full-time equivalent undergraduate student enrollment that is at least 25% Hispanic. HSIâs must have an enrollment of students in need where at least 50% of an institutionâs students received financial assistance under the Federal Pell Grant, the
Subscribe These researchers not only contribute to the community of innovation at ASU, they also embody an inventive and entrepreneurial drive to bring solutions out of the lab and into the world, said Sally C. Morton, executive vice president of the ASU Knowledge Enterprise. With their focus on developing technologies that make a difference in people s lives, they reflect the goal in our university s charter of assuming fundamental responsibility for the economic, social, cultural and overall health of the communities we serve.
Associate Professor Erica Forzani has contributed to the development of many important medical devices and technological advances during her career.