Penn College News

Alumni Help Contain Subarctic Wildfire

Sunday, March 23, 2014

The call to battle fire in Alaska was the first out-of-state assignment for Samuel J. Raisch, ’10, a Tiadaghton State Forest specialist. Angela M. Poleto, ’11, is among six Tiadaghton State Forest specialists – and two Penn College forest technology alumni – who helped contain the Stuart Creek 2 wildfire.Firefighters work to tame the blaze on steep Alaskan terrain.From the Spring 2014 One College Avenue magazine: Forest technology alumni Angela M. Poleto, ’11, and Samuel J. Raisch, ’10, take on a frontier firefight as they battle flames in the mountains of Alaska.