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Bernalillo County Fire Department talks East mountain fire safety Share Updated: 11:55 PM MDT May 16, 2021 Share Updated: 11:55 PM MDT May 16, 2021
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Show Transcript YEARS SINCE WE HAVE SEEN A SIGNIFICANT FIRE IN THE EAST MOUNTAINS. THE LAST ONE, THE DOG HAD FIRE BURNED ALMOST 18,000 ACRES. FIREFIGHTERS HERE AT THE BERNALILLO COUNTY FIRE DEPARTMENT ARE WARNING THAT ANOTHER FIRE LIKE THAT CAN HAPPEN ANYTIME. FIRES IN OUR STATE CAN HAPPEN IN AN INSTANT. WE TALKED ABOUT HAVING THAT HUNDRED YEAR FIRE. EVERY FIRE THAT COMES OUT HAS THE POTENTIAL, ESPECIALLY IN THE EASE MOUNTAIN AREA, TO GROW LARGER. THE BERNALILLO COUNTY DEPARTMENT PREPARES FOR FIRES ALL YEAR LONG. SOME OF THEIR TRAINING INCLUDES GETTING A HANDLE FOR STRUCTURE FIRES AND WILDLAND FIRES. IN THE EAST MOUNTAINS, THE BIGGEST CHALLENGES ACCESS TO WATER. THE RESULT OF THAT HAS THE FIRE DEPARTMENT PREPARED TO BASICALLY SHUTTLE THAT WATER IN. THIS TINDER TRUCK THAT YOU ARE SE