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Flagstaff fire captain tells House committee local wildfire work supports national policy priorities
Summary
Captain Neil Chapman of the Flagstaff Fire Department told a House Committee on Natural Resources panel that local investments in the Flagstaff Watershed Protection Project and Four Forest Restoration Initiative demonstrate scalable approaches for wildfire risk reduction and air‑quality protection during prescribed fire.
A Flagstaff wildland fire captain who testified in Washington, D.C., described the city’s multi‑decade wildfire risk reduction work and urged continued federal support to enable prescribed fire and community protections tied to air quality.
Neil Chapman, a wildland fire captain with the Flagstaff Fire Department, detailed local programs and federal policy recommendations during remarks shown to the City Council on May 27. Chapman said Flagstaff’s work on forest health and community protection illustrates how local, tribal, state and federal partners can implement prescribed fire, fuels reduction and related public‑health measures.
Chapman noted local…
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