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Wildland firefighting, explained

Oregon Public Broadcasting and Earthfix produced this three-minute video explaining how wildland fires are suppressed. It could be very useful for telling the uninitiated in very general terms how firefighters put out wildfires. It’s mostly accurate, but it would be possible to nitpick here and there. For example it highlights hot shot crews as the primary initial attack resource without mentioning engines.

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