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| Inmates in the line of fire |
| By simivalleyacorn.com- Hector Gonzalez |
| Published: 07/15/2016 |
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Shouting in the dorm room startled Ventura fire camp inmate Luiz Galvez awake around 3 a.m. June 16. Still groggy, he slipped on his Nomex, a fire-resistant protective undergarment, put on the rest of his gear, stuffed his feet into boots and plodded, barely awake, outside onto a waiting bus. An hour later, the 21-year-old Riverside man serving a three-year sentence for robbery was within feet of 7-foot-high flames, working methodically alongside other fire camp inmates to cut a defensible line around the Sherpa fire in Santa Barbara. “It’s like standing next to a bonfire,” said Galvez, an expert on the chainsaw, who completed a four-week basic training course at the California Department of Forestry and Fire Service’s Jamestown facility in Sonora. Read More. |
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