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Sierra Incident Learning Review Report and Safety Action Plan (SAP) is now available on the Wildfire Lessons Learned website

May 8, 2017

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https://www.fs.usda.gov/inside-fs/out-and-about/sierra-incident-learning-review-report-and-safety-action-plan-sap-now