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ENVIRONMENTAL FEATURE

Members of the NCC Juliet Crew (women) training with fire NCC Wildfires Type 1 Crew rapidly containing a wildfire, with assistance from Working on Fire. Baboon
beaters at Vergelegen Firebase. rangers who were on high alert kept the troops at a safe distance.

Using a rake hoe during a prescribed (intentional) burn. Tarryn-Lynn January of the Juliet Crew using a fire hose at
a prescribed burn. Mountain firefighters usually only have
water available when they are within reach of a fire engine

Risk Reduction Burning decreases stacks of biomass from alien clearing NCC wildland firefighter, Elton Lottering, guarding the edge of a
operations. Here NCC is supported by the Cape Peninsula Fire Protection prescribed burn (for ecological diversity) at Century City’s Intaka Island.
Association.

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