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Training for veterans to be become wildland firefighters
The programs that Wildfire Today told you about a year ago that train military veterans to become wildland firefighters appear to be increasing and are now grouped into a new organization called...
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Veterans train to be firefighters in the Black Hills
Wildfire Today has written previously about the Veterans Fire Corps which is training and employing military veterans in several western states. The Black Hills National Forest in South Dakota has also...
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Colorado governor signs two wildfire-related bills
From the Durango Herald: Gov. John Hickenlooper [of Colorado signed] two wildfire-related bills Tuesday in Durango. [The bills were] the Veterans Fire Corps for Wildfire Fighting bill and the Wildfire...
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Name released of Pack Test victim
The Student Conservation Association has released the name of the person who became ill while taking a firefighter fitness test, the Pack Test, and passed away shortly thereafter. Below is the text of...
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BLM creates new hotshot crew in Arizona
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) announced today the creation of a new hotshot firefighting crew in southern Arizona. The establishment of the crew responds to a nationwide increase in wildfire...
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