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How fuel breaks helped wildfire agencies contain the Grove 2 Fire in eastern San Diego County

During an intense fire season in summer 2024, lightning strikes ignited numerous fires across California and on public lands managed by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) California Desert District. At the end of July 2024, BLM fire staff were on high alert monitoring lightning activity, when they received an urgent call from northeastern San Diego County.
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Jackson Interagency Hotshot Crew is recertified as a type 1 IHC

Congratulations to the Jackson Interagency Hotshot Crew (IHC) who were recently recertified as a type 1 IHC!
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Fuel break with cleared vegetation, blues skies, and clouds.

Partners work together to refresh the Thompson Springs fuel break in Utah

Members of the Thompson Springs community in Utah contacted the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and Utah Forestry Fire and State Lands and asked that the two agencies to help strengthen the previous fuel break on the western side of town. 
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BLM provides support for U.S. Forest Service Boise airtanker base upgrades

Change has been a long time coming for the Boise airtanker base located at the National Interagency Fire Center (NIFC). In 2021 construction was completed on a new permanent structure and storage cache.
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BLM Arizona improves efficiency in wildland firefighting

The aerial wildland fire crew “Moki Helitack,” based in St. George, Utah, recently completed Single-Skid, Toe-In and Hover Exit/Entry Procedures (STEP) training. 
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Podcast: Fire breathing, smoky, and tough – a firefighter’s career

Wildland firefighting is tough, strenuous, and often stressful work. Frontiers caught up with a retired BLM firefighter to find out how the service has changed, and to see if he would do it again.
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