Training Exercise Simulates Wildfire South of Yampa

Training exercise simulates wildfire south of Yampa

Editor’s note: A wildfire reported on emergency radio communications south of Yampa at mid-afternoon Wednesday proved to be a training exercise. A corrected version of the original newspaper article appears below. A training exercise conducted Wednesday simulated how emergency personnel might respond to a wildfire south of Yampa that would involve 200-300 campers being evacuated from the area. The training exercise involved a supposed male suspe…

Numerous fire agencies holding wildfire training drill on Thursday

The Sierra Front Wildlife Cooperators will be conducting a live full-scale wildfire response scenario this Thursday, May 29.