Several state agencies and fire districts are preparing for another wildfire season. But this time, they're training together for the fires they will fight together.
Some students from Naches Valley Middle School got an inside look at that process on Thursday.
Thirteen state agencies, 27 fire districts, and 100 kids who got a sneak peek at training for more than 400 firefighters at the Central Washington Interagency Wildfire Training Academy.
"We just want the students to understand when they see a fire, and they know there's a fire out there, what's being done and how we're doing it," said the academy's Incident Commander Chad James.
Interactive stations allowed kids to see firsthand the tools and resources used to fight wildfires.