California National Guard Soldiers complete CAL FIRE hand crew training today, Sept. 6, at Camp Roberts. They head out today and tomorrow to the Salmon-August Complex Fire near Etna, California, the Mission Fire, near Oakhurst, California, and wherever else needed. About 350 troops took part in the training on the baking hot hills of Camp Roberts, led by about 50 experienced CAL FIRE firefighters. The Soldiers were divided into 12 hand crews and led through six stations where they practiced everything from using fire shelters to digging trenches, chopping logs and cutting fire lines with too
California National Guard Soldiers complete CAL FIRE hand crew training today, Sept. 6, at Camp Roberts. They head out today and tomorrow to the Salmon-August Complex Fire near Etna, California, the Mission Fire, near Oakhurst, California, and wherever else needed. About 350 troops took part in the training on the baking hot hills of Camp Roberts, led by about 50 experienced CAL FIRE firefighters. The Soldiers were divided into 12 hand crews and led through six stations where they practiced everything from using fire shelters to digging trenches, chopping logs and cutting fire lines with tools such as the Pulaski, McLeod and shovel. The troops reported to their armories Friday before the Labor Day weekend and have been training since then. They're expected to be out on the fire lines supporting CAL FIRE firefighters for the rest of September.
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