More Guard Members Join Firefighting Effort
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More Guard Members Join Firefighting EffortFrom a Colorado National Guard News Release CENTENNIAL, Colo., June 13, 2013 - More than 140 personnel from the Colorado National Guard are continuing to assist civil authorities with firefighting support at the Black Forest fire in El Paso County, Colo.
An additional UH-60 outfitted with a hoist is on standby at the High-altitude Army National Guard Aviation Training Site in Gypsum, Colo., to provide medical evacuation and search-and-rescue capabilities for civil authorities fighting the Big Meadow fire in Rocky Mountain National Park near Estes Park, Colo. Two Wyoming National Guard Civil Support Team personnel provided an initial commercial Internet and phone support bridge between military and civilian responders until they were relieved by the Colorado joint incident site communications capability Team team yesterday. |
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