Wildland firefighters heading to some of the country’s largest blazes will be faced with dwindling supplies in the coming weeks — including water, food and communications equipment — according to two memos issued by the National Interagency Fire Center.
Wildland firefighters heading to some of the country’s largest conflagrations will be faced with dwindling supplies in the coming weeks — including water, food and communications equipment — according to two memos issued this week by the National Interagency Fire Center and obtained by NBC News.
A second memo warns that “due to the increased demand and numerous long duration fires,” communication equipment, including handheld radios and travel support, is “critically low.” As a result, firefighters should modify their attack plans by staying closer together, establishing a lookout and maintaining situational awareness.
Together, the memos paint a grim picture of an already overburdened federal firefighting force facing increasingly dire conditions on the ground. While rationing supplies is not necessarily unheard of during busy fire seasons, these directives came much earlier than anticipated.
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