If I could have only four tools to conduct prescribed burns or fight wildfires, they would be matches, a drip torch, an accurate weather forecast and a power sprayer with a water tank transported by a ...
When Raymond Huesties first became a firefighter for the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation in Eastern Oregon, he didn’t really have much of a choice. “My boss gave me a hard hat ...
WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) — Firefighters across Reno County, along with the Kansas Forest Service, participated in drip torch training on Saturday. Reno County Emergency Management says firefighters from ...
Sometimes it can be productive to burn. Sometimes it can even be a career. For those who do want to earn a living using a drip torch, The Nature Conservancy in Alabama offers yearly training in ...
Sweat dripped down my spine as I hefted a heavy drip torch with gloved hands. Everything was hot — the sun filtering through the ponderosa pines, the fire at my feet, the long-sleeved shirt and long ...
Nick Aschenwald, with the Montana DNRC, uses a drip torch to ignite bunch grass during a prescribed burn at Lone Pine State Park in Kalispell on Thursday, April 7. Held in conjunction with Montana ...
On a warm, dry day last week, prescribed burn coordinator Zachary O’Donnell ignited his drip torch and passed it to the landowner. They stood on the edge of a forest, somewhere between Marion and Old ...
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