NATIONAL FIRE PREVENTION TEAM

Phone: (559)360-9663 email: dtune@fs.fed.us

FOR RELEASE: Date:  June 4, 2015 Contact: Daniel Tune, Prevention Team Leader

National Wildfire Prevention and Education Team Activated for the Sierra National Forest

Clovis, California- – A National Wildfire Prevention and Education Team has been activated from the Sierra National Forest to develop short and long term wildfire prevention and education strategies. The team is based locally and was activated on June 4^, 2015.  Record low levels of snowfall coupled with prolonged drought have caused extensive tree mortality leaving the forest vulnerable to catastrophic wildland fires.  Many of the recent wildfires have been human caused and are therefore preventable. [Read more…]