Fire danger climbs to high as Colorado crews prepare, and urge residents to do the same (Yahoo! News)

Firefighters in Summit County, Colorado, spent the week training for wildfire season. Their message to residents was that a home's odds of surviving a fire depend heavily on what you do in advance. Summit Fire and EMS, as well as the Red, White, and Blue Fire Protection District, held their joint annual on-the-ground training in the Hamilton Creek neighborhood of Silverthorne. These precautions were taken as the county's fire danger ranking climbed from moderate to high on Tuesday. Read more ...