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Delaware Forest Service seeks motivated recruits for wildfire training

The Delaware Forest Service is seeking qualified and interested individuals for its upcoming series of wildfire training classes at the Delaware State Fire School. Ideal candidates should be: at least 18 years of age, physically and mentally fit, motivated to learn, and willing to travel for two weeks or more for out-of-state assignments.



Delaware Forest Service helps streetscape project take root in Georgetown

The Delaware Forest Service funded a streetscape project in Georgetown, highlighted by the planting of 18 new cherry and lilac trees along East Market Street near the Sussex County Courthouse. Total cost was estimated at $37,000.



Smokey Bear takes fire safety message to Delaware’s largest kindergarten program (photos)

535 kindergarten students at McIlvaine Early Childhood Center in Magnolia learned fire safety from Smokey Bear as part of the Delaware Forest Service’s annual education program. Located in the Caesar Rodney School District, McIlvaine is the largest kindergarten program in the First State.



Forest Service and Smokey Bear Spread Fire Safety Message to First-Grade Students

As part of National Fire Prevention Month in October, Smokey Bear will be visiting classrooms with the Delaware Forest Service’s yearly fire prevention education programs targeted to first-grade students in the state’s private, public, and charter schools. Ashley Peebles coordinates the successful effort that reaches around 9,000 students annually.



Update: First State firefighters battle blaze in Idaho’s Payette National Forest

A crew of 19 wildland firefighters trained by the Delaware Forest Service are on the front lines of the Howard Fire in Idaho’s Payette National Forest, a blaze ignited by lightning in the rugged terrain east of Riggins, Idaho.






 Pages Tagged With: "Delaware Forest Service"

Delaware Forest Service seeks motivated recruits for wildfire training

The Delaware Forest Service is seeking qualified and interested individuals for its upcoming series of wildfire training classes at the Delaware State Fire School. Ideal candidates should be: at least 18 years of age, physically and mentally fit, motivated to learn, and willing to travel for two weeks or more for out-of-state assignments.



Delaware Forest Service helps streetscape project take root in Georgetown

The Delaware Forest Service funded a streetscape project in Georgetown, highlighted by the planting of 18 new cherry and lilac trees along East Market Street near the Sussex County Courthouse. Total cost was estimated at $37,000.



Smokey Bear takes fire safety message to Delaware’s largest kindergarten program (photos)

535 kindergarten students at McIlvaine Early Childhood Center in Magnolia learned fire safety from Smokey Bear as part of the Delaware Forest Service’s annual education program. Located in the Caesar Rodney School District, McIlvaine is the largest kindergarten program in the First State.



Forest Service and Smokey Bear Spread Fire Safety Message to First-Grade Students

As part of National Fire Prevention Month in October, Smokey Bear will be visiting classrooms with the Delaware Forest Service’s yearly fire prevention education programs targeted to first-grade students in the state’s private, public, and charter schools. Ashley Peebles coordinates the successful effort that reaches around 9,000 students annually.



Update: First State firefighters battle blaze in Idaho’s Payette National Forest

A crew of 19 wildland firefighters trained by the Delaware Forest Service are on the front lines of the Howard Fire in Idaho’s Payette National Forest, a blaze ignited by lightning in the rugged terrain east of Riggins, Idaho.