Marines and sailors at Camp Pendleton got a crash course on wildland firefighting. “Normally, we do two weeks of training, but we consolidated that into two days,” said Isaac Tzintzun, a Bureau of Land Management wildland firefighter. “We`ll do two more days when we get up (to the Creek Fire), and then we`ll be on the fire line.” Tzintzun, 38, who serves with 23 other firefighters from the Devil`s Canyon Hand Crew based in Worland, Wyo., also served in the Marine Corps at Camp Pendleton from 2004 to 2011. He and his crew were among firefighters from civilian agencies who, on Friday, Sept. 18, spent time teaching 250 Marines and sailors from the 7th Engineer Support Battalion, 1st Marine...
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