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There you go

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all over the , all over the United

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States , there's wildfires that spring

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up . This is just a way to contain

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those fires . Um , in short , it's just

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a way to really put out those fires and

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using different methods than , uh ,

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than a normal fire department would .

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So the course itself , it's , uh , it's

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pretty big . So after they come through

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this one week , course they will get

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their red car certification and become

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a type two firefighter . That means

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that they're able to essentially go

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down and be the ground crew to put off

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a fire or extinguish a fire , a

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wildfire if any state is

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requesting us even here in Oklahoma ,

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if we get a wildfire and we need people ,

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we got these guys , all these guys ,

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they're trained to do that . So we can

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say , hey , we're , we have a crew

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that's certified to fight wildfire and

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they're the ground people as a National

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Guard unit , we're able to deploy all

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over the United States and go and help

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anywhere . And I feel like that would

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be way more beneficial and makes us

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more of like a multi use tool .

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I think being the first course is , has

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been really awesome . I think overall

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everybody that's , that we've gotten

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here , all these soldiers that have

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came through , they're already asking

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for more like they're like , where's

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our next course , man ? What , what ,

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when can I get , you know , leadership

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courses through wild land firefighting ?

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They're loving it . If it's something

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that you're interested in and you are a

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National Guard , uh there are going to

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be a lot of opportunities here in the

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future to get into courses like this .

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And I highly recommend that , uh , that

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you do hop into some courses like this

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because it'll , it'll bring a whole new

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aspect to some of the , um some of the

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perks of being in the National Guard .