Let’s take a look six years back to see what we were writing about March 23-29, 2008.
—Highlights of the 2008 Annual Wildland Fire Refresher Training.
–The After Action Review was released for the Santiago Fire, which was in Orange County, California.
–The U.S. Forest Service Fire Prevention Technician convicted of starting the 137,000-acre Hayman fire in Colorado was re-sentenced to 15 years probation and 1,500 hours of community service.
–A spokesman for North Carolina Division of Forest Resources in Raleigh, said rangers from the division have been allowing a fire to burn on an 18-acre uninhabited island because it doesn’t pose a threat to people or properties.
–A B-1 bomber while landing at Ellsworth Air Force Base had an in-flight emergency and may have dropped burning debris near the base that started multiple wildfires.
–There was an update on the trial of the Crew Boss and Type 3 Incident Commander on the Thirtymile Fire near Winthrop, Washington in 2001. Four members of his crew were overrun by fire and died.
—GAO studies moving US Forest Service to Dept. of the Interior.
—Poway, Calif., Firefighters Were Ordered To Not Fight Fires.
