{"id":4461,"date":"2018-09-18T13:51:00","date_gmt":"2018-09-18T17:51:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/wyden-merkley-seek-bilingual-wildfire-training-manuals_\/"},"modified":"2023-07-24T11:08:08","modified_gmt":"2023-07-24T15:08:08","slug":"wyden-merkley-seek-bilingual-wildfire-training-manuals_","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/es\/wyden-merkley-seek-bilingual-wildfire-training-manuals_\/","title":{"rendered":"Wyden y Merkley buscan manuales biling\u00fces de capacitaci\u00f3n sobre incendios forestales"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wordsection1\" align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: left;\"><b><i>Washington DC<\/i><\/b>&nbsp;&ndash; U.S. Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley today urged federal officials to publish training materials in Spanish as well as English for wildfire crews battling dangerous blazes in Oregon and the West.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wordsection1\">\n<p class=\"wordsection1\"><span>The letter from Wyden and Merkley as well as California Senators Dianne Feinstein and Kamala Harris follows a disturbing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.opb.org\/news\/article\/spanish-training-manuals-wildfire-crews-issues\/\">informe<\/a> that the National <span>Wildfire Coordinating Group no longer publishes training materials in Spanish for wildland fire crews risking their lives in steep and dangerous terrain.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"wordsection1\">\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"wordsection1\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><b><span>&ldquo;Given that a significant number of these brave wildland fire crews speak Spanish as their native language, it would be wiser and safer to provide bilingual training materials,&rdquo; <\/span><\/b><span>the senators wrote in their letter to<span> National Wildfire Coordinating Group<\/span> <span>Chairman Garth Fisher<\/span>. <b>&ldquo;The alternative is to risk danger and harm by requiring that all firefighters rapidly attempt to understand training materials that are only available in English.&rdquo;<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"wordsection1\">\n<p class=\"wordsection1\"><span>The senators urged the <span>National Wildfire Coordinating Group<\/span> <span>to resume publishing current firefighting training materials in Spanish and to begin producing bilingual versions of key manuals like the Incident Response Pocket Guide.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"wordsection1\">\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"wordsection1\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><b><span>&ldquo;Firefighters must be provided with clearly understandable, updated training materials so that they can operate safely and respond to wildfires expeditiously and efficiently,&rdquo; <\/span><\/b><span>escribieron los senadores.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"wordsection1\">\n<p class=\"wordsection1\"><span>The entire letter is available <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wyden.senate.gov\/download\/wildfires-letter\">aqu\u00ed<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"wordsection1\">\n<p class=\"wordsection1\"><span>Una versi\u00f3n web de este comunicado est\u00e1 disponible <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wyden.senate.gov\/news\/press-releases\/wyden-merkley-seek-bi-lingual-wildfire-training-manuals\">aqu\u00ed<\/a>.<u5_p><\/u5_p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"wordsection1\"><span>&nbsp;<\/span><u5_p><\/u5_p><\/p>\n<p class=\"wordsection1\"><span>&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Washington, D.C.&nbsp;&ndash; U.S. Sens. 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