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WheelWalker

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3. I had a wilderness suppression crew in the '80's.

Reply to LizBeth (Reply #2)

Mon Jun 12, 2023, 08:15 PM

Jun 2023

The only structures we had to protect were natural resources and once in a while a wilderness shelter. Fire in the forest-urban interface is another experience altogether. Firefighters earn that extra quarter-time hazard pay and then some.

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