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Native Nations: Fighting Wildfires in the Time of Coronavirus

from The Corvallis Advocate, July 8, 2020

Native Nations: Fighting Wildfires in the Time of Coronavirus The Corvallis Advocate, July 8, 2020 Every year on Native Nation reservations — where there are large tracts of timberland as wildfire season approaches — teams of aspiring wildfire fighters go through five days of training for the first time, while teams of old hands go through a refresher course to ensure they are still able-bodied and brought up to date on the current operations. This year is different. Out of concern that there may not be time to get enough firefighters trained and deployable, with enough extra to compensate for those who are liable to be down with COVID-19, the training has been cut to three days, and re-training has been waived for returning firefighters. READ MORE

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