VIDEO: It's been an active summer for wildfires in Colorado with multiple popping up on the Western Slope and the Front Range, but Summit County and the high country have mostly been spared so far.
Why is that?
Capt. Matt Benedict, wildfire division captain for Red, White and Blue Fire Protection District in Breckenridge, said it's a few things. Chief among them is the effort to work together with other local firefighters to make sure when a fire does start, jurisdictions and lines on a map don't prevent them from putting it out as quickly as possible.
"We have taken down all the fences and all the walls," Benedict said, referencing the openness between agencies like the U.S. Forest Service and themselves. "(We) made sure that we're all speaking the same language, that we are moving in the same direction."