Every year, smoke can be visible in areas across Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton as the base hosts its joint fire annual training school at various ranges across the installation. This year’s fire school, running from June 1, 2020 to June 5, 2020, sees 28 separate fire departments from surrounding communities participating. The school consists of setting and extinguishing prescribed fires, which provides the fire agencies with an annual certification of training while also keeping the base clear of overgrown vegetation to prepare for the fire season, making the base fire compliant...





Source: Camp Pendleton hosts interagency Fire School