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Though fire prevention education is their goal, it’s hard to tell who’s having more fun: Powell Volunteer Fire Department firefighters or the people they aim to reach during Fire Prevention Week Oct. 9-15.
Tump, thump, thump.
The helicopter proclaims its approach, appearing in the distance like a fly speck on a windshield. An instant, later the big comely aircraft is circling the rugged hills of fire-tinged trees like a bed of rusty nails. Its cargo is a gigantic net of loose straw tethered to a cable. Pilot Andy Orr of AV8-Orr Helicopters, Hamilton, Montana, releases his load.
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