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Article: Editorial -- It's Time Forest Service Realizes That Fatal Fire Is Everyone's Business
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- Yakima Herald-Republic
- Article date:
- May 22, 2002
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The institutional arrogance of the U.S. Forest Service continues
to boggle the mind.
The agency has reportedly suspended nine firefighters and
commanders from fire duties in the wake of last summer's fatal
Thirtymile Fire in the Okanogan-Wenatchee national forests.
It's bad enough that the Forest Service investigated itself as to
what went wrong, but these so-called disciplinary actions come 10
months after the tragedy. The Forest Service reportedly still employs
the nine, but last week assigned all of them duties other than
firefighting.
So apparently they can't be involved in the deaths of any more
firefighters, but they still get to draw a paycheck while the agency
continues to piddle ...