In the aftermath of the the worst wildfire season in California in decades, the California Department of Forestry and Fire has been forced to pull the plug on a popular annual event for its statewide aviation firefighting team.
According to a report in The State Worker, the 2009 aviation safety conference – held each spring before things heat up on the wildfire fighting front – has been canceled because there’s no budget to pay for it, according to Tom Humann, the chief aviation safety officer at Cal-Fire.
Read the full story at: SacBee.com/static/weblogs/the_state_worker/2009/03/no-money-to-burn-calfire-2009.html
