During much of our conversations around the country, particularly around smaller fire departments, we often ask, "What do you do or how do you handle problems with your interface?"
Looking back at the amount of training that a new firefighter received, it is evident that most of the material is aimed at structural firefighting with a very small portion of the time devoted to wildland fire control.
Wildfire experts have come across a seeming contradiction this summer: While the number of acres charred across the West is almost double the 10-year average, the blazes haven't been as big or devastating as those in past years.
Cooler temperatures helped firefighters bring most of Portugal's devastating wildfires under control Thursday, although seven small new blazes broke out in the afternoon, authorities said.
