Firefighting personnel, assigned to the 673d Civil Engineer Squadron, wait to conduct a controlled burn at the Infantry Platoon Battle Course on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, May 4, 2017. JBER Fire Department and Forest Service personnel worked together to manage the prescribed fires. Controlled burns consume accumulated dry brush and grass thereby reducing the risk of wildfires.

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