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August 28, 2015

Senators call for federal help in preventing fires

  • One element in the bill would eliminate “fire borrowing”: taking money from fire prevention to cover the costs of firefighting.
    • By MARTHA BELLISLE
    Associated Press

    As Washington and other Western states battle huge blazes this summer, two U.S. senators said at a field hearing in Seattle that more needs to be done to prepare for and help prevent future wildfires.

    The federal legislation they are backing, the Wildland Fire Management Act, would establish community plans to reduce the risks of fires, support forest thinning and increase the ability to fight major fires so they don't grow into infernos that destroy homes and businesses.


     
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