As Millions of Acres Burn, Firefighters Say the U.S. Forest Service Has Left Them With Critical Shortages
On July 18, federal wildfire managers placed the nation under a designation known as Preparedness Level 5 — bureaucratic code for all hands on deck or, as one veteran wildland firefighter called it, “fire DEFCON.” In layman’s terms, Preparedness Level 5 means that the country’s wildland firefighting resources are...
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