Forestry, Fire and State Lands Opens New Wildland Fire Cache In Richfield

Forestry, Fire and State Lands Opens New Wildland Fire Cache In Richfield

The Utah Division of Forestry, Fire, and State Lands and their federal interagency partners opened a new wildland fire cache on Sept. 12 in Richfield. The cache will logistically support the interagency wildland firefighting efforts across central Utah. The new fire cache was built with help from the state legislature, which worked to secure $3 million in funding for the new building. The cache will be the central location for wildland firefighting equipment that will be available to firefighters from local, state, and federal agencies assigned to a fire in the central part of the state. The ribbon cutting marked the official opening of the new building. In true firefighting fashion, a group of area firefighters burned the ribbon.