California is launching a program where strike teams will be staffed with National Guard soldiers.
The program will rollout this summer, and is starting with five new brush trucks just delivered to the state.
Four man teams of National Guard soldiers are now being trained to staff those vehicles, with the goal of increasing the California Office of Emergency Services’ capacity for rapid response to small fires, such as lightning strikes.
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Jeff Goldman - nj.com A wildfire that has been burning in Bass River State Forest since Wednesday remained at 5,000 acres and was still only 50% contained on Friday morning, fire officials said. Those numbers are the same as the previous update shortly after 5 p.m....
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