New DE Wildland Fire Crew in California

By Mari Lou | July 11, 2021
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The Delaware Forest Service’s Type 6 engine remains in California, but is now manned by a new three-person crew. DEMA’s Nikki Testa is an engine boss trainee, Erich Burkentine of the Delaware Forest Service is the engine boss and Hunter Melson of Milford is a firefighter type 2. This crew began working Saturday with a…

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UPDATED: 2nd DE Wildland Fire Crew Battling Copper Mountain Fire

By | August 13, 2018
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UPDATED – 8-13-18 – Twenty wildland firefighters from Delaware are part of 137 personnel battling the聽Copper Mountain Fire, a 180-acre blaze located four miles east of Eastport, Idaho on the Canadian border.聽 Michael A. Valenti of Dover, Delaware鈥檚 state forester and crew boss, reports that 鈥渇irefighters are working in rough terrain and completing very long…

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