One of the great successes in 2008 was the development of a new interagency resource for the wildland fire community. The fire operations group trained approximately 40 firefighters, primarily from Clark County's Fire Explorer program. An interagency cadre conducted the training, ensuring that the trainees had a clear understanding of the basics of safe wildland fire suppression. Also, interagency partners assisted each other with personnel and equipment to accomplish over 1,100 acres of prescribed burns on several agencies' land. In addition, interagency resources worked together to accomplish several special missions such as preparing a water regulation culvert at Upper Pahranagat Lake on the Pahranagat National Wildlife Refuge for robotic inspection, and conducting fuel reduction work at Moapa Valley National Wildlife Refuge.