Mild wildfire season has officials hoping it lasts
By Steve Timko, Reno Gazette-Journal
In the past few years, fires have threatened homes along the western Sierra front by mid-August. Or, smoke has drifted over from California wildfires and filled Reno’s skies, maybe even hurting air quality.
Knock on wood.
So far, that hasn’t happened much. And, western Nevada fire crews like the way it’s going and want to keep it up.
U.S. Bureau of Land Management spokesman Mark Struble said almost no crews specially trained to battle fires threatening homes are deployed anywhere in the West.
“This is the time of the year when we’re usually scrambling to get crews from anywhere,” Struble said.
“The season’s not over. We’re still in the middle of it. We’ve been lucky so far,” said Joe Durousseau, operations chief for the Reno Fire Department. “We don’t get a fire unless we get a start. If we don’t get any starts, we’ll be in good shape.”
In the past few years, fires have threatened homes along the western Sierra front by mid-August. Or, smoke has drifted over from California wildfires and filled Reno’s skies, maybe even hurting air quality.
Knock on wood.
U.S. Bureau of Land Management spokesman Mark Struble said almost no crews specially trained to battle fires threatening homes are deployed anywhere in the West.
“This is the time of the year when we’re usually scrambling to get crews from anywhere,” Struble said.
“The season’s not over. We’re still in the middle of it. We’ve been lucky so far,” said Joe Durousseau, operations chief for the Reno Fire Department. “We don’t get a fire unless we get a start. If we don’t get any starts, we’ll be in good shape.”
