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Flagstaff crews use prescribed burns to reduce wildfire fuel, train new firefighters
Summary
Fire personnel said prescribed burns reduce hazardous fuel and support Ponderosa Pine forest health; the burns also served as hands-on training for new recruits from Highland Summit and the Flagstaff Fire Department.
A staff member said prescribed fire is used to reduce hazardous fuel near Flagstaff and to restore a fire-adapted ecosystem while giving new firefighters practical experience.
"A fire is a natural part of the ecosystem, and it always has been," the staff member said. "And as a result of actually suppressing fires, we have an increased amount of fuel on the ground. So we do prescribe fire for 2 reasons. 1 is to clean up some of…
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