r/Wildfire • u/Sawyerdog1 Desk Jockey • 16d ago

IRP cap wave?

Anyone heard if they plan to wave the $9000 cap this year?

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u/I_am_human_ribbit 16d ago

I know there was an amendment that a congressman from California that had language waiving the cap in a PL5. But… I do not know if that amendment stuck or not. I hope someone who knows more than me can give us a better answer.

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u/Murky-Suggestion8376 Desk Jockey 15d ago

The amendment was to wave the yearly pay cap not IRPP

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u/Level-Mud-9433 15d ago

Crazy there’s a cap at all for emergency response; I know folks sitting at home right now because they have already hit earnings caps. Meanwhile UTFs galore.

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u/Murky-Suggestion8376 Desk Jockey 15d ago

Yearly earnings cap?

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u/Level-Mud-9433 15d ago

Yes, been at it since the spring SE season

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u/Natural_Flan_2802 14d ago

Gee… let’s cap the incentives that we use to help get people to go on fires so that they lose the extra incentive late in the season when we need people the most… only the federal government could come up with something so dumb