Supply Storehouses Keep Wildland Firefighters Supplied, Fed
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Wednesday, July 29, 2015
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Assistant manager Nicole Hallisey, right, and BLM fire spokesperson Jessica Gardetto in the Great Basin fire support cache at the edge of Boise's airport. (Tom Banse/Northwest News Network)
When wildfires break out and hundreds of responding firefighters need to be equipped and fed, their bosses order from a special warehouse.
There are 16 regional wildfire supply storehouses operated by the U.S. Forest Service, Bureau of Land Management and partner states.
Tom Banse of Here & Now contributor Northwest News Network got a tour of what you might call the Amazon.com for wildfire fighting in Boise, Idaho.
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