Surrounded by swirling woodsmoke, and with forest fires crackling on a hillside just over the horizon, Craig Bobzien waved an arm over acres of equipment and exhausted firefighters in the Bitterroot Valley fire camp near here.
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Hundreds of miles of firelines, helicopter landing zones and fire camps needed to be restored to a more natural state, and thousands of hazardous dead trees needed to be cut down to protect roads and buildings.
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As the inmates loaded their gear, they were only one hub in a swirl of activity at the fire camp, home to forest rangers, college students, paramedics and skiers apparently unfazed by having prisoners in their midst.
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Craig Smith, 29, a marine from Birmingham, Ala ., last saw a USO show on a tour that took him to Japan, and he was among those bug-eyed at what fortune had brought to the fire camp.
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_Crews at the 25, 000-acre Monument Fire in Eastern Oregon bought thousands of dollars of carpeting for their outdoor fire camp and bypassed normal channels to buy beef jerky and avocados for close to 2, 000 people.
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In its second week, the Thirtymile Fire has blackened 10, 000 acres and drawn 934 firefighters to its flanks and to the fire camp at Eight Mile Ranch, at a cost of $ 1 . 5 million.
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The state began using inmates to do roadwork in 1915, and opened its first temporary inmate fire camps during World War II . The program now has 4, 100 inmates in 38 conservation camps, three of which are for women.
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While a fire camp is technically separate from the Incident Command Post and Incident Base it is common practice in U . S . wildland firefighting to set up the fire camp at the Incident Command post or Incident Base.
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From fire camps like this one, the main effort has been focused far from the flames, in efforts to safeguard houses from danger and to make sure that the danger has passed in areas where fires have already burned through.
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While a fire camp is technically separate from the Incident Command Post and Incident Base it is common practice in U . S . wildland firefighting to set up the fire camp at the Incident Command post or Incident Base.
