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Two people use medical equipment on a medical mannequin.

Hats off to our OMSP Providers

If something goes wrong in a remote area, members of the Operational Medical Support Program are trained to handle medical emergencies until traditional EMS arrive.
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BLM Utah's Bonneville Hotshots join BLM Arizona to proactively protect communities and respond to wildfires in Arizona

a yellow fire vehicle with the sign Bonneville Hotshots

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The BLM-ES Fire and Aviation Program Conducts Prescribed Fire in Lathrop Bayou

The Bureau of Land Management Eastern States (BLM-ES) Fire and Aviation Program conducted a prescribed fire on 536 acres of the Lathrop Bayou Ma

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Beth Ipsen
Empty room under final stages of construction

BLM dispatch center spreads its wings

Life was easy in 2009 when the Anchorage Interagency Dispatch Center tracked, at most, a daily aviation schedule of four flights written on a whiteboard.

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BLM Redding Prepares for Wildland Fire

Wildland fires have always been a natural component of California's landscape. Fire is crucially important for many ecosystem processes and overall forest health.

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Beth Ipsen
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Cold Winter Cache

Last summer, more than 606 miles of hose was used on fires throughout Alaska. That’s more than the distance between Fairbanks and Homer (580 miles) or Grand Junction and Las Vegas (507 miles).

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