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California Governor Signs Order to Reduce Wildfire Danger

California Governor Signs Order to Reduce Wildfire Danger

Order seeks to double forest management practices to 500,000 acres     SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Gov. Jerry Brown signed an executive order on Thursday that aims to reduce the dangers of wildfires following some of the deadliest and most destructive blazes...

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Brighton, CO Wildland Fire Training

Brighton, CO Wildland Fire Training

Drone video of training on several wildfire subjects     Brighton Fire Rescue District - Drone video captures wildland fire training at Station 52. The training focuses on apparatus familiarization with our new brush trucks, review of wildland strategies and...

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FDIC 2018: Wildfire Structure Triage

FDIC 2018: Wildfire Structure Triage

An FDIC 2018 training event     Todd McNeal Chief Twain Harte (CA) Fire Department Wednesday, April 25, 2018 10:30 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. REGISTER NOW The class provides company officers and firefighters with the current tactical information necessary to...

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Leaf Blower, Prescribed Burn Review

Leaf Blower, Prescribed Burn Review

Leafblower uses and limitations tested   (YouTube)   bdelder42 - We perform a burnout operation around a dry wood deck at the Iowa Cooperative Burn Week in the Loess Hills. Here you get to see more of what the leaf blower can do and some of its limitations....

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Hotshots

Hotshots

The firefighter's firefighter   Panorama of the Geronimo Interagency Hotshot Crew as they keep watch on their burnout along a forest road. The Geronimo Hotshots are from the San Carlos Apache Tribal Natural Resources Program, in San Carlos, Arizona. (USDA Photo...

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Prescribed Burn Escapes Containment in New Mexico

Prescribed Burn Escapes Containment in New Mexico

Fire near Grants has burned nearly 300 acres     GRANTS, N.M. (AP) — Cibola National Forest officials say a prescribed fire near Grants has escaped its containment and is now a wildfire that has burned an estimated 300 acres. They say the fire is located in...

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Forest Service to Burn 200 to 600 Acres in Vermont

Forest Service to Burn 200 to 600 Acres in Vermont

Prescribed burn in the Green Mountain National Forest     RUTLAND, Vt. (AP) — The U.S. Forest Service says between 200 and 600 acres in the Green Mountain National Forest are going to be burned with prescribed fires as part of a project designed to improve...

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