Laurenz Busch Chronicle Staff Writer Jan 13, 2025 As California’s most destructive fires in history continue, newly elected Sen. Tim Sheehy (R-MT) wants bipartisan federal reform to tackle nationwide “year-round” wildfire threats causing billions of dollars in damage. The co-founder of the Gallatin County-based aerial firefighting company Bridger Aerospace said he wants to mandate response guidelines, promote year-round firefighter employment, and remove what he considers to be burdensome policies that hinder firefighting in moments of crisis. On Thursday, Sheehy called the Chronicle after leaving Jimmy Carter’s funeral, using the former president’s past bipartisanship as an analogy for doing the same in today’s highly polarized political

Zachary B. Wolf Jan 10, 2025 CNN — With wildfires fires ravaging Los Angeles, the firefighter-turned-senator from Montana wants to fight bureaucracy.  Less than a week into his new job, Montana Republican Tim Sheehy is finding plenty of use for his previous experience as an aerial firefighter and wildfire entrepreneur as he pushes for new legislation to address the new reality of a fire season that never ends. Reset your view of wildfires “There’s a huge dichotomy in America between structural firefighting — the red fire truck, traditional firemen everyone’s familiar with — and wildland firefighting,” Sheehy told CNN’s Kaitlan Collins on Thursday, adding that the country

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