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Archive Home > 2010 > August > 15 > Inmates on the fire line

Inmates on the fire line

Area contractors are confused, and feel underused on Rooster Rock Fire

By Scott Hammers / The Bulletin
August 15, 2010

After a year of collecting unemployment, John Harding, of Bend, was eager to get some work when the Rooster Rock Fire broke out south of Sisters last month.

A wildland firefighter since 1995, Harding, 37, was with other members of his Prineville-based contract fire crew waiting to be called to....

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