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Show 1 2 Yamal Express Wednesday, juiy 6, 1988 3 HL m t- A I J W ... I" i 1 i li O 31 i. ft ED WEHKING, fire coordinator for BLM, explains as students demonstrate proper usage and sealing of fire shelters. .1 VOLUNTEERS LEARNING to fight forest fires found the going rough and the heat intense during dur-ing the practical section of their recent training. They worked to mop up this range fire which was part of their wildfire fighting classes. Fire training increases man power . . pi A rigorous and intensive fire-fighting fire-fighting training course offered June 13-17 in Vernal gave area individuals indi-viduals the opportunity to receive skills and training necessary to combat wildfires. The course was coordinated by the Park Service, State Lands and Forestry, the Forest Service, BLM and the BIA. It was designed to train individuals to become be-come efficient, skilled .firefighters and to qualify as "paid" volunteers. The need for trained volunteers was recently pointed out by Dale Jablonski, Area Forester for the State .Lands and Forestry. He men tioned the existence of thousands of volunteers will be paid for each fire they fight and although they were trained primarily to fight fires in the local area, theoretically they are on standby for duty anywhere they are needed. Trainees found that fire-fighting fire-fighting is demanding and physically physical-ly punishing. In addition to the warmth of traditional fire season weather, they must wear heavy protective pro-tective clothing and work near and inside of the firelincs. The air is likened to that of a blast furnacefire furna-cefire school enrollce, Merle Young, Public Affairs Specialist for the Ashley National Forest, stated that during the firelinc training, the BRIAN OSCARSON, BLM seasonal employee, shows class how to quickly shake out the fire shelter. Firewood season Firewood season on the Ashley National Forest is now in full swing and firewood is moving off the Forest in large quantities. Firewood patrolmen are also busy working with people to comply with the terms of their permits. This year, the Forest plans to schedule several unannounced spot checks to make sure people are complying with the terms of their permitscontracts. They will apply to personal use and commercial contracts. Since the present system has been in place several years, people should be familiar with the process. Therefore, citations will be issued for all violations found, including not filling out the personal use permit with the quantity being removed or not having a commercial load marked. The fine on citations for non-compliance is $50. One change that has occurred this season is that Areas 20 and 21 are now open to standing andor down timber. The maps show them open only to down timber. With all the recent moisture, roads are mostly soft and muddy and care must be taken not to get stuck, especially with a load of wood. The senior citizenhandicapped area (Area 14) on both sides of the East Park Road has not been receiving significant use. There is a lot of good wood, standing or down, and access is good although muddy. If you have any questions concerning this program, please contact your local Ranger District Office. tifiable. The National Interagency Wildfire Center has increased the effectiveness effective-ness of equipment and manpower. Training new personnel and using the most up-to-date methods should help keep losses lower than ever before. be-fore. To report wildfires call the Uintah Basin Center at 789-7021 or 789-7022. NEWS ITEMS call your Hometown Newspaper Vernal Express 789-3511 Jy O HIGH J VALLE7 f MS!) NURSERY W P acres of dead and damaged timber dnnttng water in her canteen be-that be-that resulted from a pine beetle in- camc 100 warm 10 drink-festation drink-festation and poses a high fire dan- Reporting wildfires is extremely gcr in the area forests. The trcmcn- important; information regarding dous damages caused by fire in each fire is quickly assimilated by Calif, and Idaho in Hie summer of the area fire coordinator. He then 1987 highlighted the crisis situation will contact appropriate teams, faced in northeastern Utah and the Small fires are handled by as few as need of a back-up volunteer crew three party crews; large fires may necessitate calling in trained specialists. spe-cialists. Another consideration faced for fires, The course was well attended with 71 men and women enrolled including includ-ing those from various slate and federal agencies. They were in structed in all aspects of fircfighting by land management agencies is whether to use modified or full suppression sup-pression efforts. Tate explained, "Under modified suppression fire including fire orcanizaiion. bchav- P1. certain areas with lower re ior objectives, environment, weather valuc.could be allowed to factors, survival methods, travel and irans-portation. control lines and air opcrau'ons. They learned how to board helicopters for transport to fires and the important role of helicopters heli-copters in fircfighting and control. The course wa concluded with participants par-ticipants puning their ncly acquired ac-quired knowledge to the lest in a pfjvtical fire session; each member was required to aisist in containing a controlled burn, Jerry Ballard of the National Sen kc cixfJ.na:cd tfi school; in-wructorj in-wructorj ac: Helen Iraier, L'BI'C; Ivan D dine. Sue nwesty; Dale hUon.U, ELM; Kim Band. Itrci Scfviic, Gverwing the pjc tttal were in. i.l.-r.t commanders W ScxA iiu 3ik1 Knl-cM t)v ?f the BIA, Art intcrcnty tciilcf fur the smp-ffCi-Atort ii i!,;Vfi a-i implc r-ff-vj In KvcJ u inaci'-c the tflciliuneM rf ociJuttrtil,d rltf:fhtiRjJ BfitU. By tftilil inif j? the C r. ;"-. r. flfiJ Ojyrtr-C f livIjMj laJ Bp-rurn, Cm;!y duplnain ft b,i t.f,-n ch'tunaicd g-'l at l?--c umi t,.e Izi irxffaw-J the cHt. rtvy i f lU (.niiitn. lh$ fr-.t jh ic; ut r. I,u: . at n U : ) S nj'fi id cin4 S---1 ii h-')-.! ir a h'U' (,;?. t;A.:.f el the blM malt' BLM !E$lu-yti3fi p.if tM s:.v-.J l' 4 I' -' icr4f t i ay m-fH ff bum." Though shocking to some, the simple fact is that some fires would cost more to conuin than the resources in that area arc worth. Fircfighting costs arc extremely high and in some cases, arc not jus- Counr Search & Rescue 3rd ANNUAL BARBECUE 5a. July 9 12 - 3 pm Courthouse Lawn Entertainment (Donation tkfotsfamify $17.50, Sinjjfe $4.00, Cfdfd$2.00 o6taina6fe from arty Scared & Jscue memkr or caff: 0 Coward McXimHti 7S9-5320 Sam J Coward 7S9-974S Moftij jean fabrics 7S 1 0347 li'este rnlprtss 7S9C674 WHERE GOOD GARDENS BEGIN 295 North Flrit Wnl FRUIT TREES We still have a good selection of our hardy types. iw i. eddmp M CLOSEOUT . I U HALF PRICE ' U 0" Plnt In call Vi3 r A JC Pckt. Sal l.tu Hl I J K Xk until thay ara all JtSV iJlj-JU RoOMvvIt, Utah IT'S LUNCHTIME for your garden. Give it a good meal with our plant food. :. 1988 Ed Rowley FAST. SLOW - OR MEDIUM We have trees that will grow just the way you want them. Ed Iimcley's HiIi Valley Xotcs Maybe they needed shade trees more when they built thoie Old broken houses we itili o.mrti . .. . . ,W,,H , mj(wi t , m with large tree stumps bevde them. That was their only c2wii air conditionings But modern ar conditioners don't give a home the tranquil lock that nice trees can. 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