Selfies: Fighting fire with fire to prevent future devastation
- Rita Clipperton, assistant helicopter module leader for the UCR walks to grab the drip torch during the prescribed burn on Uncle Bob Mountain south of Silt.
- Fire crews work on a prescribed burn on Uncle Bob Mountain south of Silt.
- Upper Colorado Interagency Fire and Aviation Management Unit crews refuel during a prescribed burn on Uncle Bob Mountain south of Silt.
- BLM firefighter Kit Barton scans the dry landscape during the prescribed burn on Uncle Bob Mountain south of Silt.
- BLM firefighter Kit Barton uses a drip torch during a black line burning operation as part of the prescribed burn on Uncle Bob Mountain south of Silt.
- BLM firefighter Kit Barton scans the dry landscape during the prescribed burn on Uncle Bob Mountain south of Silt.
- Alison Richards, east zone fire management Ooficer for the UCR, walks along the outside edge of the black line zoning during the prescribed burn on Uncle Bob Mountain south of Silt.
- A crew of 18 fire fighters and three engines were on-scene during Thursday’s burn on Uncle Bob Mountain.
- UCR firefighter Rita Clipperton establishes a burn line with a drip torch during a prescribed burn on Uncle Bob Mountain south of Silt.
- Fire crews work on a prescribed burn on Uncle Bob Mountain south of Silt.
- Alison Richards, east zone fire management officer for the UCR, walks along the outside edge of the black line zoning during the prescribed burn on Uncle Bob Mountain south of Silt.
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