Sean C. Morgan
More than 200 wildland firefighter trainees attended fire school last week in Sweet Home just in time for the official beginning of fire season on Monday.
This is the 17th year the program has been hosted by officials from the Oregon Department of Forestry, Bureau of Land Management, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde. The fire school prepares new firefighters for the rigors of fighting…