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Shutdown impact: Training, preparation for fighting wildfires
Category: News & Politics
Duration: 00:02:24
Publish Date: 2019-01-11 17:40:50
Description: An unexpected impact of the government shutdown: canceled training for wildland firefighters. With wildfires becoming more frequent, firefighters have a shorter off-season to prepare. Now that compressed window for training and gear acquisition has become even shorter due to the shutdown's frozen funding, says Jim Whittington, a consultant and former Forest Service employee. Judy Woodruff reports.
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