March 20, 2008
The Daily Courier/Joanna Dodder
Chaparral bursts into flames as Arizona Wildfire Academy students learn about wildfire behavior during a prescribed burn in Prescott Thursday.
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People don't want to be wildland firefighters because they enjoy being in a classroom. So Thursday was easily the favorite day for more than 100 students in the basic firefighting courses at the Arizona Wildfire Academy in Prescott.After four straight days in the classroom, they got to help conduct a 12-acre prescribed burn on the Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University campus near their classrooms.
March 20, 2008