Harbor speaks at CFSI
Tom Harbor, Director of fire and aviation management for the U.S. Forest Service, spoke at the first day of the Congressional Fire Service Institute’s annual conference in D.C. Janet Wilmoth has a summary of his presentation at the Wildfire magazine web site.
Texas fire destroys 34 homes
A fire northwest of Corpus Christi burned about 34 homes in Texas Thursday afternoon. The fire that started at 12:42 p.m. also burned dozens of vehicles, boats, and sheds. A spokesman for the Texas Forest Service said the fire was 60 percent contained and power lines downed by strong winds were the suspected cause. A helicopter from the Texas Forest Service and several bulldozers are working on the fire.
The spokesman said a volunteer firefighter was taken to a hospital in Alice with burns.
