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Yahoo
3 days ago
- Business
- Yahoo
Weyerhaeuser, Firefighter Behavioral Health Alliance Partner for Fourth Year to Provide Mental Health Resources for Wildland Firefighters
Fighting Fires Together campaign raises awareness and helps address mental health challenges of wildland firefighting SEATTLE, May 28, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Weyerhaeuser Company (NYSE: WY) and Firefighter Behavioral Health Alliance (FBHA) today announced an extension of their Fighting Fires Together campaign, a partnership that provides specialized mental health support for wildland firefighters and their families across the Pacific Northwest. Fighting Fires Together, now in its fourth year, addresses the often-overlooked mental health impacts of wildland firefighting in isolated, hazardous and highly stressful conditions. Through a free online resource hub, first responders can find specially designed content, including videos about Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), depression, anxiety and suicide prevention, along with mental health tips, educational articles and contacts for occupationally aware support groups and counselors in Oregon, Washington and British Columbia. Weyerhaeuser's support for wildland firefighting efforts in the Pacific Northwest began in the aftermath of the Yacolt Burn in 1902, when the company began advocating for Washington's first forest fire legislation and the funding of community fire prevention education and patrols. Today, as Weyerhaeuser celebrates its 125th anniversary, the company continues to play an active role in fire prevention and response through its forest management operations. Weyerhaeuser employees and contractors receive annual fire readiness training, build fire breaks and containment lines, conduct aerial surveys and deploy tanker trucks, helicopters and quick-response crews to wildland fires. "After launching the Fighting Fires Together campaign with FBHA four years ago, we're proud to continue this effort to support wildland firefighters and their mental health as they work in challenging conditions to protect our communities," says Bill Frings, vice president of Western Timberlands for Weyerhaeuser. "Weyerhaeuser was an early leader in wildfire protection more than a century ago, and we continue to invest in cutting-edge technologies and ongoing training to improve our preparedness strategies. As our wildfire seasons grow longer, we understand it's critical to ensure wildland firefighters have access to the resources they need to carry out this important work." To learn more about Weyerhaeuser's Fighting Fires Together campaign, visit ABOUT WEYERHAEUSERWeyerhaeuser Company, one of the world's largest private owners of timberlands, began operations in 1900 and today owns or controls approximately 10.4 million acres of timberlands in the U.S., as well as additional public timberlands managed under long-term licenses in Canada. Weyerhaeuser has been a global leader in sustainability for more than a century and manages 100 percent of its timberlands on a fully sustainable basis in compliance with internationally recognized sustainable forestry standards. Weyerhaeuser is also one of the largest manufacturers of wood products in North America and operates additional business lines around product distribution, climate solutions, real estate, energy and natural resources, among others. In 2024, the company generated $7.1 billion in net sales and employed approximately 9,400 people who serve customers worldwide. Operated as a real estate investment trust, Weyerhaeuser's common stock trades on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol WY. Learn more at ABOUT FIREFIGHTER BEHAVIORAL HEALTH ALLIANCEFounded in 2010 by Jeff Dill, the Firefighter Behavioral Health Alliance (FBHA) offers educational workshops to firefighters and EMTs across the globe, along with their families. These workshops address behavioral health issues, suicide warning signs, and how to cope after retirement. FBHA is also focused on training medical professionals, EAP organizations, and chaplains about fire and EMS culture in order to provide a better treatment plan for firefighters and EMTs. Learn more at For more information contact: WeyerhaeuserAnalysts – Andy Taylor, 206-539-3907Media – Kyleigh Gill, 206-539-4516 View original content to download multimedia: SOURCE Weyerhaeuser Company
Yahoo
3 days ago
- Business
- Yahoo
Weyerhaeuser, Firefighter Behavioral Health Alliance Partner for Fourth Year to Provide Mental Health Resources for Wildland Firefighters
Fighting Fires Together campaign raises awareness and helps address mental health challenges of wildland firefighting SEATTLE, May 28, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Weyerhaeuser Company (NYSE: WY) and Firefighter Behavioral Health Alliance (FBHA) today announced an extension of their Fighting Fires Together campaign, a partnership that provides specialized mental health support for wildland firefighters and their families across the Pacific Northwest. Fighting Fires Together, now in its fourth year, addresses the often-overlooked mental health impacts of wildland firefighting in isolated, hazardous and highly stressful conditions. Through a free online resource hub, first responders can find specially designed content, including videos about Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), depression, anxiety and suicide prevention, along with mental health tips, educational articles and contacts for occupationally aware support groups and counselors in Oregon, Washington and British Columbia. Weyerhaeuser's support for wildland firefighting efforts in the Pacific Northwest began in the aftermath of the Yacolt Burn in 1902, when the company began advocating for Washington's first forest fire legislation and the funding of community fire prevention education and patrols. Today, as Weyerhaeuser celebrates its 125th anniversary, the company continues to play an active role in fire prevention and response through its forest management operations. Weyerhaeuser employees and contractors receive annual fire readiness training, build fire breaks and containment lines, conduct aerial surveys and deploy tanker trucks, helicopters and quick-response crews to wildland fires. "After launching the Fighting Fires Together campaign with FBHA four years ago, we're proud to continue this effort to support wildland firefighters and their mental health as they work in challenging conditions to protect our communities," says Bill Frings, vice president of Western Timberlands for Weyerhaeuser. "Weyerhaeuser was an early leader in wildfire protection more than a century ago, and we continue to invest in cutting-edge technologies and ongoing training to improve our preparedness strategies. As our wildfire seasons grow longer, we understand it's critical to ensure wildland firefighters have access to the resources they need to carry out this important work." To learn more about Weyerhaeuser's Fighting Fires Together campaign, visit ABOUT WEYERHAEUSERWeyerhaeuser Company, one of the world's largest private owners of timberlands, began operations in 1900 and today owns or controls approximately 10.4 million acres of timberlands in the U.S., as well as additional public timberlands managed under long-term licenses in Canada. Weyerhaeuser has been a global leader in sustainability for more than a century and manages 100 percent of its timberlands on a fully sustainable basis in compliance with internationally recognized sustainable forestry standards. Weyerhaeuser is also one of the largest manufacturers of wood products in North America and operates additional business lines around product distribution, climate solutions, real estate, energy and natural resources, among others. In 2024, the company generated $7.1 billion in net sales and employed approximately 9,400 people who serve customers worldwide. Operated as a real estate investment trust, Weyerhaeuser's common stock trades on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol WY. Learn more at ABOUT FIREFIGHTER BEHAVIORAL HEALTH ALLIANCEFounded in 2010 by Jeff Dill, the Firefighter Behavioral Health Alliance (FBHA) offers educational workshops to firefighters and EMTs across the globe, along with their families. These workshops address behavioral health issues, suicide warning signs, and how to cope after retirement. FBHA is also focused on training medical professionals, EAP organizations, and chaplains about fire and EMS culture in order to provide a better treatment plan for firefighters and EMTs. Learn more at For more information contact: WeyerhaeuserAnalysts – Andy Taylor, 206-539-3907Media – Kyleigh Gill, 206-539-4516 View original content to download multimedia: SOURCE Weyerhaeuser Company Error in retrieving data Sign in to access your portfolio Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data
Yahoo
3 days ago
- General
- Yahoo
Ex-policeman sentenced over indecent child images
A former policeman from Exeter has admitted possessing indecent images of children more than three years after he was arrested. John Bramwell, 55, of Causey Gardens, pleaded guilty to three charges of possessing images ranging from category A - the most severe - to category C. Exeter Crown Court heard Bramwell, a former sergeant in Devon and Cornwall Police, served for 22 years as an officer and was in the Royal Engineers for 10 years, where he was a lance corporal. He was sentenced to a 12-month conditional discharge on each count, placed on the sex offenders register for a year and given a Sexual Harm Prevention Order for five years. The court was told Bramwell suffered from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) following an incident during his military service. The judge was told Bramwell was dismissed from the Devon and Cornwall force in 2021 and he now worked as a factory supervisor. The court also heard he downloaded the nine images on to his mobile phone on one occasion on one day in October 2021. Recorder Don Tait said Bramwell had lost his good character. The judge said, as a serving police officer, Bramwell would have known how prevalent such types of offences were. More news stories for Devon Listen to the latest news for Devon Follow BBC Devon on X, Facebook and Instagram. Send your story ideas to spotlight@ Exeter Law Courts
Los Angeles Times
21-05-2025
- Business
- Los Angeles Times
Surge AI is latest San Francisco startup accused of misclassifying data labeling workers
Artificial intelligence training company Surge AI has been hit with a lawsuit alleging it has misclassified contractors hired to improve chat responses from AI software for some of the world's leading tech companies. The proposed class action lawsuit alleges that 'data annotators' — hired by Surge AI to ensure that powerful AI systems run by Meta and OpenAI can properly generate text responses that are accurate and capable of mimicking human expressions — were 'deliberately' classified as independent contractors, denying them benefits given to employees. In the lawsuit filed Monday, California-based plaintiff Dominique DonJuan Cavalier II, who worked as a data annotator, alleged workers were made to do unpaid training and were subject to near-impossible time limits for tasks that caused their pay to be docked. San Francisco-based Surge AI, also known as Surge Labs, Inc and its subsidiaries, 'have reaped enormous profits by deliberately avoiding paying wages and benefits to those performing work that forms the backbone of Defendants' business,' the lawsuit alleges. Surge AI did not respond to a request for comment. In recent years, AI data training companies have been accused of mistreating workers abroad in Kenya and elsewhere. But increasingly, as the AI industry balloons, workers in California and nationwide have begun to raise similar complaints. Similar lawsuits have been filed against Scale AI, a larger AI training company that has gathered a vast workforce of contractors to train AI tools for companies, including Open AI and Google, as well as the U.S. Department of Defense. Surge AI has raised some 25 million, according to Crunchbase. The much larger Scale AI is seeking a valuation as high as $25 billion in a potential tender offer, Reuters reported. Plaintiff Steve McKinney, a resident of Newbury Park, California, who was hired by Scale AI's subsidiary Outlier AI as a 'tasker,' sued the company in December alleging he was promised a pay rate of $25 per hour but was ultimately paid only a fraction of that amount. Workers who questioned the company's payment practices in internal messaging app Slack were abruptly removed from the app, according to the suit. Scale AI contractors in January hit the company with a second lawsuit, alleging contractors were made to sift through graphic 'depraved images' and emotionally distressing content, and dealt with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and other psychological issues as a result. Scale AI did not immediately respond to a request for comment. A company spokesperson told TechCrunch in March that its work was misunderstood by regulators and others and the company offers 'flexible work opportunities' to Americans.
Hans India
13-05-2025
- Politics
- Hans India
War is neither romantic nor a Bollywood film: Ex-Army chief
New Delhi: General Manoj Naravane, war, diplomacy, PTSD, Operation Sindoor, India-Pakistan relations, military response Former Indian Army chief General Manoj Naravane has slammed questions being raised on the suspension of hostilities between India and Pakistan, saying war is not romantic and is not a Bollywood movie. Naravane said if ordered, he would go to war, but diplomacy would be his first choice. He said there is trauma among people living in the border areas, including children who have seen shelling and have to run to shelters at night. 'For those who have lost their loved ones, that trauma will be carried through generations. There's also something called PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder). People who have seen gruesome scenes wake up sweating even after 20 years and need psychiatric care,' he said. 'War is not romantic. It is not your Bollywood movie. It is very serious business. War or violence should be the last thing we should resort to, which is why our Prime Minister said this is not an era of war. Although war will be forced upon us by unwise people, we should not cheer for it,' he said. 'Still, people are asking why we have not gone for a full-out war. As a military man, if ordered, I will go to war, but that will not be my first choice,' the former Indian Army Chief said. Naravane said his first choice would be diplomacy, settling differences through dialogue and not reaching the stage of armed conflict. 'We are all equal stakeholders in national security. We should try to resolve differences not only between countries, but amongst ourselves, whether in families or between states, regions and communities. Violence is not the answer,' he said. General Naravane pointed to India's strategic strikes on terrorist infrastructure and airfields deep within Pakistan's territory. He asserted that these actions demonstrated to Pakistan the heavy price of continuing on a path of aggression, ultimately leading to discussions between the Director Generals of Military Operations (DGMO) of both nations on the possibility of a cessation of hostilities. Speaking on the Operation Sindoor Gen Naravane (Retd) said that the Pakistani response to cessation of hostilities would need to be watched.
