Leadership Corner
The annual Wildland Firefighter Week of Remembrance takes on added significance this year as we mourn the tragic loss of three firefighters—Emily Barker, Nick Hutcherson and Sydney Watson—who died this weekend while assigned to the Knowles and Gore fires near the Colorado-Utah border. We honor these men and women, and all firefighters who have made the ultimate sacrifice. Following two devastating losses of wildland firefighter teams in 1994 (South Canyon Fire) and 2013 (Yarnell Hill Fire), a movement grew to renew a commitment to the safety of wildland firefighters. In addition, the commitment was to remember those who have fallen...
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