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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

They are. The ones I know mostly contract with states or federal governments to do wildland fire fighting but I've read about private firefighters operating in neighborhoods in California a few years ago.

Montana's new senator (Sheehy) made his money with a private aerial firefighting company.