Cole Fawcett tosses dirt on a fire during a training exercise Thursday afternoon south of Coeur d'Alene up Cougar Gulch. The training, hosted by North Idaho Wildfire Training Zone, is designed to train new firefighters in managing and suppressing wildfires. (LOREN BENOIT/Press)
June 8, 2018
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Forged in fire
COEUR d’ALENE — First-year wildland firefighters this week got to whiff smoke, throw dirt and get blisters on their hands while hoisting wood-handled tools named for forebears of the fire line at a five-day school in Coeur d’Alene.