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Larch inmates train to fight wildfires
By columbian.com- Andy Matarres
Published: 06/26/2017

LARCH MOUNTAIN — Twenty men trudged through the mud and ferns and brush near Larch Mountain on a recent morning, digging and cutting as they went to surround a virtual wildfire.

They were outside, but were still inside. They’re the Department of Natural Resources’s work crew out of the Larch Corrections Center, and June 19 was a practice day.

“We’re really trying to work on drilling in the cohesion with the crews,” Crew Supervisor Ben Goble said.

A lot of firefighting, he said, is simply about learning to communicate well.

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