# @idahonationalguard on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/CSNYt3Lhx9r
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/76060663-idahonationalguard-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2021-08-05T22:16:40.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Idaho National Guard (@idahonationalguard) — https://gondola.cc/idahonationalguard

## Caption

ANSWERING THE CALL: Idaho National Guard Soldiers and Airmen made organizational history by sending wildland Firefighter Type 2 Red Card certified Guardsmen to northern Idaho to fight fires for the first time. The newly assigned crewmembers of the Task Force Timber Shield left Boise Aug. 4 to assist the Idaho Department of Lands’ mission of containing more than 15 significant wildland fires currently burning in Idaho. 

It is the first time the IDL requested Idaho Governor Brad Little to issue an emergency declaration for making Idaho National Guard resources available to assist fighting against fires on the ground. For some Guardsmen, the volunteer notice came early in July and they immediately began training to earn their FFT2 Incident Qualification Cards, commonly known as a Red Card certification.

“I made sure my name was on that list when I heard the call for volunteers,” said 2nd Lt. Travis Stice. “It will be hard, physical labor, which I am excited for. I told my son that I was going to leave to go fight fires and he said, ‘but you are in the Army, you’re not a firefighter,’ and I said, ‘We do everything, buddy.’” #nationalguard #idahonationalguard #armynationalguard #airnationalguard #idarng #wildfire #firefighter #militaryfirefighter #wildfires #idahodepartmentoflands #idl #idahofire #idaho #fireseason

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idahofire, firefighter, idaho, idarng, airnationalguard, fireseason, armynationalguard, militaryfirefighter, idahodepartmentoflands, nationalguard, wildfires, idl, idahonationalguard, wildfire

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