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Preparing for Fire Season

In exercises at Prairie City and the Cal Fire Training Academy at Ione, crews took engines up a steep rough grade. Photo by David Christy, BLM.

Engine crews recently completed a two-week-long engine academy on how to safely and aggressively fight fire. The academy used the Prairie City State Vehicular Recreation Area to practice skills including driving up and down steep grades, driving through loose rock and over obstacles, and on side hills. The outlook for the fire season is severe across much of the Western United States.

“Fighting wildland fire is inherently a dangerous job, including operating engines.”

Are you prepared? Take steps to reduce your risks during the 2013 fire season:

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Bureau of Land Management
California State Office
2800 Cottage Way, Suite W-1623
Sacramento, CA 95825-1886
Phone: (916) 978-4400
Fax: (916) 978-4416
For the Hearing Impaired: TDD (916) 978-4419
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BLM manages 15.2 million acres of public lands in California - nearly 15% of the state's land area - and 1.6 million acres in northwestern Nevada. BLM California also administers 47 million acres of subsurface mineral estate underlying federal surface land, 2.5 million acres underlying privately owned land, and 592,000 acres of Native American tribal land where BLM has trust responsibility for mineral operations. The BLM's multiple-use mission is to sustain the health and productivity of the public lands for the use and enjoyment of present and future generations. The Bureau accomplishes this by managing such activities as outdoor recreation, livestock grazing, mineral development, and energy production, and by conserving natural, historical, cultural, and other resources on public lands.