Scott Swanson
The Wildland Fire School and Field Training Exercises held June 20-24 at Sweet Home High School was about the same as it’s been for the last 15 years, but for a lot of trainees, who found themselves on Green Mountain Friday morning, tasting smoke and figuring out how to lay hose, it wasn’t typical.
That’s because it was real.
Paul Hiebert, fire management officer for the Sweet Home and Detroit ranger districts, said…