With the wildfire season starting, a team of wildland fire experts met here recently to discuss best practices for fighting fires in the arid west.
The team was comprised of top fire experts from agencies such as U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, U.S. Forest Service, U.S. Air Force, and local Department of Defense wildland fire experts from bases across the Front Range including Peterson AFB and Cheyenne Mountain AFS. They met for three days to develop practices and procedures to efficiently work together during a catastrophic fire.
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