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    Pendleton firefighters prep for 2021 fire season with prescribed burn

    Lance Cpl. Drake Nickels, Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton|Updated May 26, 2021

    Firefighters from the Camp Pendleton Fire Department and partnering agencies burned over 120 acres during a prescribed burn on Marine Corp Base Camp Pendleton, May 14-15. Each year, CPFD and partnering agencies cut over 200 acres of firebreaks and burn thousands of acres to help prevent fires aboard the base. The prescribed burns are one of the steps CPFD is taking to prepare for the upcoming fire season. If grasslands on base go unburned for an extended period, the overgrown...