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Transcripts For CSPAN Hearing Examines Efforts To Reduce Wildland Fire Risk 20170807

The collaboration that is what iron to reduce risk to firefighters, communities, and resources and some of the emerging technologies that are changing the way that fires are managed. We are now well into the 2017 fire season. It is certainly a very active one. My friend from montana, i think, is going to share some of what is happening in his state this morning. I think it is appropriate to recognize the heroic acts of the men and women who fight these fires throughout the season. And to recognize the firefighter from montana. And to recognize the firefighter from montana. I will talk about it in my remarks but we lost a firefighter last night in montana. It is our second fatality in two weeks. Know that our hearts and our prayers are with the families but again, this speaks to the realities that we face with our wildfires and are fires around the country, that this is dangerous and unpredictable work. Our thoughts and our prayers are with those who are serving. As of august 1, nearly ....

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Before a wildfire grew into an out-of-control blaze, the Forest Service decided to let it burn


Before a wildfire grew into an out-of-control blaze, the Forest Service decided to let it burn
Noah Berger/AP
By Sarah Moon and Stella Chan, CNN
A massive wildfire raging out of control in the rugged mountains straddling the California-Nevada border, tearing through tens of thousands of acres was initially determined by US Forest Service officials to not be a threat and allowed to burn.
The lightning-sparked Tamarack Fire, first discovered on July 4 in the Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest, was initially confined to a single tree burning on a ridgetop “with sparse fuels and natural barriers to contain it,” according to the Forest Service, which posted a video of the small smoldering fire in a Facebook post. ....

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Tamarack Fire: Before it grew into out-of-control blaze, Forest Service decided to let it burn


Tamarack Fire: Before it grew into out-of-control blaze, Forest Service decided to let it burn
CNN
7 hrs ago
© Noah Berger/AP
The Tamarack Fire burns in Alpine County, California, on Saturday, July 17.
A massive wildfire raging out of control in the rugged mountains straddling the California-Nevada border, tearing through tens of thousands of acres was initially determined by US Forest Service officials to not be a threat and allowed to burn.
The lightning-sparked Tamarack Fire, first discovered on July 4 in the Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest, was initially confined to a single tree burning on a ridgetop with sparse fuels and natural barriers to contain it, according to the Forest Service, which posted a video of the small smoldering fire in a Facebook post. ....

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