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Colorado Firecamp is the only wildfire academy to teach the S-130/S-190 course year round. S-130 and S-190 are actually two different courses. But since they are usually taken together the basic wildland fire training is called "S-130/S-190" or "S-130/190" for short. Basic wildland fire training also includes some other courses.
Salida (/ s ə ˈ l aɪ d ə / sə-LY-də; Spanish language: , "exit") is the Statutory City that is the county seat and the most populous municipality of Chaffee County, Colorado, United States. [8] The population was 5,666 at the 2020 census .
List of the largest, most destructive, and deadliest Colorado wildfires that have occurred in modern history. [ 1 ] During the severe 2002 Colorado wildfire season that burned nearly 360,000 acres, the Hayman Fire became the largest wildfire in Colorado state history and held that title for nearly 20 years [ 2 ] [ 3 ] until the Pine Gulch Fire ...
Northeast of Salida at the junction of County Roads 150 and 152 38°33′07″N 106°01′25″W / 38.5519°N 106.0236°W / 38.5519; -106.0236 ( Ohio-Colorado Smelting and Refining Company Smokestack
A fire camp is a campsite for firefighters and support personnel. It is typically set up for a large project fire which requires a large amount of manpower, organisation and logistics. [ 1 ] According to the National Incident Management System (NIMS), a fire camp is one of five predesignated temporary facilities.
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The 2020 East Troublesome Fire was a massive and destructive wildfire, and the second-largest in the history of the U.S. state of Colorado.Named for the East Fork of Troublesome Creek, close to the fire's point of origin in the Arapaho National Forest, the fire burned 193,812 acres (78,433 ha) between its ignition on October 14, 2020, and its containment on November 30.
The initial forts, built in the first half of the 19th century, were early communities of commerce between Native Americans, trappers, and traders. William Butler, who wrote about the fur trade in Colorado, stated that there were 24 trading posts built in the pre-territorial area of what is now Colorado. [1] The trading posts were of varying sizes.