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National interagency Fire Center. We always say its a place, not in organization. Thank you for coming. Im the bureau of Land Management Director speaking for all of the partners i would like to thank you particularly for being here and for your genuine and intense interest in management. I want to point out the coalition of partners we have a team here, national parks dod Fish And Wildlife service and affairs and forresters representing the states, u. S. Fire administration, Fish And Wildlife service. I think i got them all. And national Weather Service, one of the partners here. The inception of this was a service national Weather Service operation. Incredibly proud of it. We were created 50 years ago and it is the original and durable model for interagency governmental coordination it is damaging fire seasons like the one we are experiencing now and reinforce the places like this. The Ingenuity And Persistence of generations and professionals, wildfire responds across the nation and
New-yorkUnited-statesArizonaLouisianaNew-jerseyIdahoPhiladelphiaPennsylvaniaWashingtonColoradoFloridaCaliforniaSince this is a hybrid, we will have a countdown to begin it . Or do we just proceed . Okay so, this hearing will come to order. Without objection, the chairs authorized to declare a recess at anytime. Before i deliver my opening remarks, i wanted to note that today the committee is meeting both in person and virtually, and i want to have a couple of reminders to the members about the conduct of this hearing. First members and staffed, who are attending in person, and who are unvaccinated against covid19, they need to stay masked throughout the hearing. Unvaccinated members may remove their mask, only during their question under the five minute rule. Of course unvaccinated persons can also attend remotely. Members who are attending virtually, can heave their Video Feed on as long as they are at the hearing. And they are responsible for their own microphones. Please keep it muted unless you are speaking. Finally if members have documents they wish to submit for the record, email them to
MiamiFloridaUnited-statesNorwayAustraliaTexasAlaskaWashingtonIllinoisCaliforniaNew-mexicoOregonThat valley, canyons used to be filled with smoke. now they say they have 15% containment helped by much lighter wind. we re told some of the evacuation orders could be lifted today. good news for the 900 people forced out of their homes monday. we keep getting dramatic video from the chaotic day as we reported yesterday, it is now official, a prescribed burn of 50 acres last thursday ignited this 4100 acre wildfire. the state forrester yesterday apologized to the victims. i just wanted to say on behalf of the colorado state forest service, this is heart-breaking and we re sorry. one of the primary roles of the colorado state forest service is to keep forests healthy and reduce the risk of catastrophic wildfire through fuel reduction efforts. reporter: joe duda says safety precautions were taken but the whole incident is obviously under investigation, martha. martha: what about the person missing in this fire? any update there, dan?
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