Nothing looks good preparing for summer wildfire season
ANDREW SELSKY, Associated Press
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1of8In this May 14, 2021, photo provided by the High Desert Museum, U.S. Forest Service firefighters carry out a prescribed burn on the grounds of the High Desert Museum, near Bend, Oregon. The prescribed burn is part of a massive effort in wildlands across the West to prepare for a fire season that follows the worst one on record. (Kyle Kosma/High Desert Museum via AP)Kyle Kosma/APShow MoreShow Less
2of8In this May 14, 2021, photo provided by the High Desert Museum, U.S. Forest Service firefighters carry out a prescribed burn on the grounds of the High Desert Museum, near Bend, Oregon. The prescribed burn is part of a massive effort in wildlands across the West to prepare for a fire season that follows the worst one on record. (Kyle Kosma/High Desert Museum via AP)Kyle Kosma/APShow MoreShow Less
Colorado Division of Fire Prevention Control introduces new Arson K9 Published
Colorado Division of Fire Prevention & Control
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) The newest fire investigator in Southern Colorado just graduated training, and she s only 18-months-old.
JoJo, a black Labrador retriever, just graduated from the State Farm Arson Dog Training program in New Hampshire. After graduation, she became the newest Arson K9 the Colorado Division of Fire Prevention Control.
JoJo is an accelerant detection specialist, certified according to the standards of the Main Criminal Justice Academy. She can help investigators figure out what caused a fire by sniffing out ignitable liquids.
The firefighters weren’t there to extinguish the fire. They had started it.
The prescribed burn, ignited this month near the scenic mountain town of Bend, is part of a massive effort in wildlands across the U.S. West to prepare for a fire season that’s expected to be even worse than last year′s record-shattering one.
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The U.S. Forest Service and the Bureau of Land Management have thinned by hand, machines and prescribed burns about 1.8 million acres (728,000 hectares) of forest and brushland since last season, officials from the agencies told The Associated Press. They typically treat some 3 million (1.2 million hectares) acres every year.
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