Montana National Guard soldiers and airmen freshened up their wildland firefighting knowledge this week at Fort Harrison in Helena.
The 76 soldiers took the basic wildland firefighter course led by instructors from the Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation as part of an ongoing partnership between DNRC and the Montana National Guard.
The course included classroom instruction, a 3-mile pack test and field training with hand tools, fire shelters, hoses and fire engine operations.
Montana National Guard members practice digging hand lines during a wildland firefighting training at Fort Harrison on July 10.
THOM BRIDGE, Independent Record
By completing this weeklong training, these guard members earn an Incident Qualification Card, known as a Red Card, which certifies them to work as a wildland firefighter for one year.