KAMIAH, Idaho – The first-year class of Idaho’s wildland firefighters completed a week-long Basic Guard School training last week.
According to the Nez Perce-Clearwater National Forest, the training involved all first-year wildland firefighters from state, tribal and federal crews across the region.
The training included classroom work and practical work. Moose Creek Ranger District’s Ryan Nuxoll explained the importance of bringing together agencies from across the state.
“It is important that we put on basic guard school locally for the first-year firefighters so that we can give them a solid training foundation with experienced instructors, who will help set them up for their first season as a wildland firefighter,” Nuxoll said.
Wildland firefighting crews have become an increasingly important part of state and federal emergency response infrastructure as climate change has increased the number of catastrophic weather events per year.
