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Rangeland Fire Protection Associations tell committee volunteers can expand firefighting capacity if agencies permit access
Summary
Chairman of the 3 Creek RFPA and area ranchers described volunteer Rangeland Fire Protection Associations (RFPAs) and Timber Protection Associations (TPAs) that partner with BLM and sometimes forest supervisors, urged expanded Forest Service cooperation on federal lands, and stressed training and safety.
Representatives of volunteer fire organizations told the Idaho Senate Agricultural Committee that Rangeland Fire Protection Associations (RFPAs) and Timber Protection Associations (TPAs) can provide trained, equipped initial attack resources across large swaths of rangeland and that expanding formal agency cooperation on federal lands could limit catastrophic fire growth.
Mike Gary, chairman of the 3 Creek RFPA and a third‑generation rancher, described RFPA partnership work with the BLM and said his group and a neighboring RFPA cover roughly 1.5 million acres in the Jarbidge Resource Area and have successfully limited some fires after formation following major fires in 2012. “Additional trained firefighters…
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