Preparations underway for 2010 fire season

By Adam Bell

Posted: Mar 15, 2010 3:10 PM
Updated: Mar 16, 2010 8:13 AM

With drought conditions already being experienced in Montana, several signs point to a potential bad fire season, prompting some to begin taking precautions for the 2010 wildfire season.

Predicting a fire season is tricky business with several still unknown factors to play into the upcoming season. Though the fire season is still quite a ways away, preparations for the 2010 wildfire season have also begun.

"This time of year, many of our firefighters are permanent seasonals, and so they are starting to come in, they're starting to hire seasonal firefighters, we do a lot of training this time of year," fire information and education specialist Marianne Baumberger said.

Training is just one of the many things that are being done to prepare for the 2010 season. Though the weather may not play a role of the firefighters now, what happens in the months leading up to the season will have a huge impact on just how many fires they will have to put out this summer.

With forecasters calling for an El Nino spring, which means it is going to be abnormally warm and possibly dry, we're looking for a potential bad fire season. But for firefighters, they prepare for this season just like any other.

"We're always getting ready, and a lot of folks are out kicking dirt and wondering what's going to happen just like everybody else in Montana, but we get ready none the same, whether we think it's going to rain all summer or not," Baumberger said.

 

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