The governor joined state experts Monday to talk about wildfire danger expectations across the state.
Howard Fischer PHOENIX — That bumper crop of flowers and grasses from all that rain are going to turn from beautiful to deadly this coming wildfire season.
People are also reading… It starts with what the agency believes will be a"potential for large-scale incidents" in the southern portion of the state and Southeastern Arizona as temperatures rise and the abundance of fine fuel and grasses dries up. The problem goes beyond state employees. Truett said his agency relies heavily on local firefighters.That was backed by Scott Freitag, chief of the Central Arizona Fire and Medical Authority.
Consider, Torres said, the Telegraph Fire near Superior that eventually burned more than 180,000 acres before being fully contained a month later. At the same time, Torres said, fire is"natural in the state." But the state may not be prepared for that. That is in sharp contrast with her predecessor, Doug Ducey, who during his first year in office in 2015, said he believes climate change is real."What I am skeptical about is what human activity has to do with it," Ducey said at the time.
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