Wildfire Academy Prepares Fire Crews
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By Ben Winslow Deseret Morning News  RICHFIELD -- The tents are spread out across the lawns of the Snow College South campus.  The events center has been commandeered as a makeshift "command post," with tables for human resources and information.
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Wildfires spread to threaten new areas   Up to 950,000 people already evacuatedOfficials hope winds will aid firefighters todayHelp given by Mexico, state prisoners
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Flames leap 200 feet in the air and burn at 2,000 degrees. A rain of fire sets thousands of acres ablaze. The smoke jumpers may get the glory, but the battle is being won by the wildfire-simulation brigade. By Michael Behar from Wired magazine.
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By Anonymous  TRAINING  The Association for Specialist Fire Protection (ASFP) has set up a construction apprenticeship in passive fire protection (PFP) in conjunction with the Construction Industry Training Board.
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LOS ANGELES - Three firefighter recruits resigned and four others were suspended after a wild booze party on the eve of graduation from the Fire Academy.
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A federal firefighting team took over direction of efforts Sunday to halt a fast-moving wildfire that had killed three people
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SAN DIEGO -- The San Diego Chargers say they will spend the rest of the week practicing in Arizona because of the wildfires burning in San Diego County.
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Firefighters say they are prepared for the worst in their battle against bushfires burning out of control across the Australian state of Victoria.
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City ladder trucks should never roll without at least four firefighters onboard and protective gear should be updated, a panel recommended Wednesday in response to a furniture store inferno that killed nine firefighters.
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Pioneering junior wardens have been paying a visit to their local fire station to learn some vital fire safety messages.   Thirty two primary school children have volunteered to be neighbourhood watch wardens to help combat crimes, including arson and nuisance fires, in Newtown in Stockton.
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SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, California  - Fire crews expect to have a wildfire that consumed more than 2,700 acres
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Ten trainee construction workers are to start work at the first of the government's employer-led skills academies.
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BIG TIMBER, Mont. - Crews battling an enormous wildfire braced for hot, windy weather Monday after hundreds of people were evacuated from the path of the flames.
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By Hannah Chapman  OFFICIALS who run one of the most successful public awareness campaigns in the US will be in the region next month to help cut the threat of wildfires.
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Teams of firefighters hiked into the remote wilderness along the Los Angeles-Ventura County line on Monday to fight a stubborn, two-week-old wildfire that has scorched more than 116 square miles of chaparral and timber.
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An infusion of fresh firefighters allowed officials to get the upper hand early Tuesday on a wildfire that has burned more than 12,500 acres of land in Northern California&#39;s wine country.
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OJAI, Calif. - Ferocious Santa Ana winds of up to 70 mph were expected to arrive by Saturday morning as crews struggled to surround a large forest fire. "They haven't materialized yet, but we anticipate extremely strong winds by morning," said Dan Bastion of the U.S. Forest Service.