Wildfire Wire: Red flags and Smokey Bear

Wildfire Wire: Red flags and Smokey Bear

By Mel Crichton EBS COLUMNIST Originally, I planned to interview Big Sky’s Wildland Fire Chief Jon Trapp for this month’s column, but his job got in the way. It’s common for fire departments to share resources in wildfire situations, as Big Sky Fire Department did last January when it sent a crew to Los Angeles. This