HUTCHINSON, (KSNW) — Three members of the Hutchinson Fire Department, who were deployed to Colorado to help with the Pearl Fire, are now home.
They went as part of the National Geographic Area Coordination Center (GACC), which the department joined in 2019 and is made up of federal and state resources.
Members of Hutch Fire have also helped in Oregon, Idaho, and several other deployments in California.
“They got ready to go, drove up, they have a day of travel, they got there, got on the fire, they worked a couple [of] days doing some mop up,” said HFD Battalion Chief Justin Holzrichter.
Holzrichter says deployments to fight wildfires in other states can last up to 21 days, depending on the severity.
