On the front line
Job Corps students train for firefighting duty. Students at the Columbia Basin Job Corps Center do their training on top of their regular trade program.
COURTESY PHOTO/COLUMBIA BASIN JOB CORPS CENTER
Students from a Columbia Basin Job Corps Center support crew at a fire camp in Washington. The support crew training isn’t as rigorous as firefighter training, said Susan Mann, laiason specialist for the CBJCC, but it’s vital work.
MOSES LAKE — Wildfire season is frustrating. There’s smoke in the air, closed-off roads and evacuation alerts galore, but other than being careful with barbecues and praying for the firefighters’ safety, most area residents don’t see the fire line except in the newspaper or on TV.
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