COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — The Colorado Springs Fire Department (CSFD) says it will begin contracting fire mitigation work on lands managed by the U.S. Forest Service in a “first of its kind” partnership.
CSFD says the new program is unique to the state of Colorado.
A spokesperson for CSFD says the department will do some of the mitigation work itself, and will also contract other organizations to do some of the work. But, bottom line, the department will be able to manage mitigation on federal land, which they say is usually a difficult thing for the local department to do…