Posts Tagged ‘Minnesota’
UPDATED: Delaware Forest Service Hand Crew Deployed to Minnesota to Support Wildland Firefighting Efforts
The Delaware Forest Service will deploy a 17-member wildland firefighting hand crew to support suppression efforts in northeastern Minnesota. The crew will depart Saturday, July 25th, at 6 a.m. from Blackbird State Forest and is scheduled for a 14-day mobilization under the national wildfire response system. This deployment is separate from the Delaware Forest Service…
Read MoreDelaware Wildland Fire Crew Headed to Minnesota
Wildfire activity in northern Minnesota has increased and the Delaware Forest Service has mobilized its Type 6 Wildland Fire Engine and a crew of three wildland firefighters -Engine Boss Adam Keever, Engine Boss Jim Charney, and Firefighter Type II Ryan Brown. The Bear Trap Fire was first reported on July 7, but has merged with the Dark…
Read MoreA Joint Statement from Delaware’s Elected Leaders on the Political Violence in Minnesota
A Minnesota lawmaker, House Speaker Emerita Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark Hortman, are dead after a man identified as 57 year old Vance Boelter posed as a police officer and shot them in their home. He also shot and wounded Senator John Hoffman and his wife Yvette in their home several miles away. Click…
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