October 2, 2020
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Two firefighters not injured By OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Flames devoured swaths of brush and trees in Northern California on Wednesday amid unseasonably hot and dry weather. Officials said wind-whipped flames led two firefighters to ...
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September 25, 2020
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Training at Joint Base Lewis-McChord Defense Flash News 14th Brigade Engineer Battalion conducts training for California wildfires. The 14th BEB Soldiers are trained, ready, and capable to assist with the wildland firefighting mission and work hand-in-hand with professional ...
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September 10, 2020
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A look at research into a better shelter By Dena Ali | FireRescue Magazine During my recent research project on climate change and wildfires, I learned that the fire shelters that wildland firefighters carry are not capable of protecting ...
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September 10, 2020
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Recent burnover raises questions about emergency fire shelters By REBECCA BOONE Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — After flames trapped 14 firefighters in California and they had to use last-resort fire shelters to survive, questions are emerging about ...
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September 9, 2020
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14 firefighters overrun and injured By MARCIO JOSE SANCHEZ and BRIAN MELLEY Associated Press SHAVER LAKE, Calif. (AP) — More than a dozen California firefighters trying to protect a fire station in rugged mountains were overrun by flames ...
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September 8, 2020
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Three firefighters involved in burnover Wildland Firefighter BOZEMAN, Montana – Three firefighters escaped serious injury while working on a wildfire in Montana on Saturday. The Great Falls Tribune reported that three firefighters with the Department of Natural Resources ...
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September 10, 2019
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Two firefighters hurt and an engine destroyed EL DORADO COUNTY (CBS13) — Cal Fire has opened an investigation into how a local fire department’s fire engine was burnt over, leaving two firefighters hurt during the Country Fire in ...
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May 21, 2019
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Decrease in number of deployments annually led to decision to keep current model By KEITH RIDLER Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — An effort to develop a better fire shelter following the deaths of 19 wildland firefighters in ...
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February 21, 2018
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WFSTAR video presentation National Interagency Fire Center – Indians Fire fire shelter deployment
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June 15, 2017
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Review of shelter deployment in 2007 South Dakota fire National Interagency Fire Center – Alabaugh Fire fire shelter deployment. Alabaugh Canyon Case Study Wildland Fire Lessons Learned Center: Alabaugh Fire (2007)
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