What Greg Walden doesn't speak to is the economic benefit of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge Area of Oregon.
He defends the Hammonds as people who set backfires. Nice excuse. It doesn't cost a thing to be educated in Oregon for a fire fighter.
DPSST's Fire Certification Section (click here) is responsible for maintaining state fire certification standards set by the Fire Policy Committee and Board on Public Safety Standards and Training, in alignment with National Fire Protection Association standards. This section of DPSST provides formal recognition to members of the Oregon fire service who voluntarily demonstrate required levels of competency. The Fire Certification Section also works, through a network of district liaison officers, to ensure Oregon's local fire department and district training programs meet accreditation requirements.
There are formal requirements for a reason. There is supervision for a reason. Equating arsonists with virtue of setting a backfire is hardly what I would call respecting the law and citizens' safety.
US Rep. Greg Walden wants to complain about the fires. The nice lady in the diner complained about the fires. Both attribute the fires to mismanagement. Excuse me? There was a rancher and his son that were charged with, found guilty of and is now in prison for ARSON.
Arson is a crime. No public land management office or program accounts for arson as a real option for responsible land management.
Perhaps now that the arsonists are behind bars the fires might even stop.
That is amazing to me. How can any US Representative stand on the floor of the USA Congress with sympathy for arsonists while defaming any land management and fire fighter program? Wow. Rep. Walden feeds the myth. He does so votes. That nice lady in the diner will vote for him and believe he is besieged in the Congress with tree huggers.
...DPSST conducts public safety training (click here) throughout Oregon and at the central academy in Salem; certifies qualified officers at various levels from basic through executive; certifies qualified instructors; and inspects and accredits training programs throughout the state based on standards established by the Public Safety Standards and Training Board....
"Open Secrets" on Rep. Greg Walden's donations (click here).
He defends the Hammonds as people who set backfires. Nice excuse. It doesn't cost a thing to be educated in Oregon for a fire fighter.
DPSST's Fire Certification Section (click here) is responsible for maintaining state fire certification standards set by the Fire Policy Committee and Board on Public Safety Standards and Training, in alignment with National Fire Protection Association standards. This section of DPSST provides formal recognition to members of the Oregon fire service who voluntarily demonstrate required levels of competency. The Fire Certification Section also works, through a network of district liaison officers, to ensure Oregon's local fire department and district training programs meet accreditation requirements.
There are formal requirements for a reason. There is supervision for a reason. Equating arsonists with virtue of setting a backfire is hardly what I would call respecting the law and citizens' safety.
US Rep. Greg Walden wants to complain about the fires. The nice lady in the diner complained about the fires. Both attribute the fires to mismanagement. Excuse me? There was a rancher and his son that were charged with, found guilty of and is now in prison for ARSON.
Arson is a crime. No public land management office or program accounts for arson as a real option for responsible land management.
Perhaps now that the arsonists are behind bars the fires might even stop.
That is amazing to me. How can any US Representative stand on the floor of the USA Congress with sympathy for arsonists while defaming any land management and fire fighter program? Wow. Rep. Walden feeds the myth. He does so votes. That nice lady in the diner will vote for him and believe he is besieged in the Congress with tree huggers.
...DPSST conducts public safety training (click here) throughout Oregon and at the central academy in Salem; certifies qualified officers at various levels from basic through executive; certifies qualified instructors; and inspects and accredits training programs throughout the state based on standards established by the Public Safety Standards and Training Board....
"Open Secrets" on Rep. Greg Walden's donations (click here).
