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2naSalit

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2. And probably...
Tue Jun 30, 2026, 05:06 PM
13 hrs ago

Not enough training and I wonder about the support crews, are there enough of them? Having been in an out of fire camps for various reasons, there is a whole network of support workers for these firefighters too. If those are not coordinated properly, things can go to shit in a hurry.

I know a lot of wildland firefighters, most now retired, and talking with a couple in past days, they are beyond disgusted at what the DC crowd is doing to the corps.

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