SOME RESIDENTS OF PRESCOTT VALLEY ARE GETTING PATS ON THE BACK FOR THEIR QUICK ACTION IN PUTTING OUT A GROWING WILDLAND FIRE LAST WEEK. THE FIRE WAS APPARENTLY STARTED WHEN A LAWNMOWER BLADE HIT A ROCK. KOLBY MEINHARDT WITH S AND A EXCAVATION WAS WORKING NEARBY WHEN HE WAS APPROACHED BY A RESIDENT…

KOLBY USED THE WATER TRUCK WHILE A CO WORKER DUG A LINE TO STOP THE SPREAD. THE FIRE, WHICH HAD BEEN BURNING TOWARD A NEARBY HOME, WAS OUT BY THE TIME FIRE CREWS ARRIVED. MEINHARDT IS NOT WITHOUT EXPERIENCE—HE SERVED AS A VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTER IN IDAHO FOR NEARLY FIVE YEARS.

MEINHARDT SAYS HE AND HIS CO-WORKER DIDN’T MAKE A BIG DEAL OF THEIR HEROICS…