President Trump’s hiring freeze is affecting 18,000 federal firefighters from reporting to work, including coming to Southern California.

The federal firefighting force is facing uncertainty with fire season just around the corner and the Los Angeles fires barely in the rearview mirror.

The federal hiring freeze implemented by President Donald Trump has affected the hiring of a crucial group of federal workers: firefighters.

How long will the federal hiring freeze last? Learn about its implications for government employees, job candidates, and college graduates.

Current and former employees say public safety agencies are still freezing hiring they claim to have exempted and liken the approach to a 'self-imposed gunshot wound to the head.'

The hiring freeze exemption comes after congressional Democrats and conservation groups warned that national parks could be short-staffed this summer.

Job offers have been rescinded and start dates pushed back just as firefighting staffing for the summer wildfire season was beginning, a union said.

In an email to KATU News on Wednesday, the Office of Personnel Management said seasonal firefighters are exempt from the hiring freeze.

Some employees in the National Park Service and other federal agencies who manage public lands in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem may be exempt from the Trump administration’s hiring