A former sixth-grade camp site in Pauma Valley has been turned into a base camp and training center for seasonal Cal Fire firefighters who work on hand crews, officials said.
By Karen Kucher | San Diego Union Tribune
Hand crews use chainsaws, shovels, axes and other tools to build fire lines by removing vegetation from the path of advancing flames. Each crew is made up of around 40 firefighters. Cal Fire has been trying to hire more seasonal firefighters to work as hand crews as the inmate firefighting pool dwindles.
The county Office of Education continues to operate a sixth-grade camp at the Cuyamaca Outdoor School, which has been renovated and can serve up to 12,000 students a year. Another camp owned by the county Office of Education at Palomar Mountain served as a sixth-grade campsite exclusively for San Diego Unified School District students from 1983 until 2010. Since 2011, that camp also has been used as a rental.
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