Training ramps up with wildfire season

It’s wildfire season in Southcentral Alaska and firefighters are gearing up.
A week of simulations kicked off Monday in Palmer for incident commanders practicing complicated wildfire scenarios they might face this summer.
The annual training is a good warm-up for the incident commanders, said Alaska Division of Forestry spokesperson Norm McDonald.
“(It’s) a way for them to kind of knock the rust off and get ready for the fire season,” McDonald said.
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