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Arson Charges Filed Against A Firefighter And Forest Supervisor After Vina Del Mar Fire Kills 137 In Chile. Southwest pops off, Blue 2 Fire grows in New Mexico.
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Back in February, multiple wildfires were started in the Valparaiso region of Chile. These …
1 year, 9 months ago
A Conversation With Paul Petersen, The Executive Director Of The United Aerial Firefighters Association.
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I have a wide-ranging conversation with the Executive Director of the United Aerial Firefight…
1 year, 9 months ago
Mental Health In The Wildfire Environment With Dani Shedden
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I have a conversation with Dani Shedden, the woman behind Close The Gap Wellness. Dani is a L…
1 year, 10 months ago
Canada Pops Off: Estimated Nearly 500k Acres Burned. Communications Systems Down Across Northern Canada. Region 3 Orders IMTs To Fires.
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Canada sees multiple holdover fires rekindle.
Multiple communities evacuated as the fire…
1 year, 10 months ago
A Nationwide, Year Round Campfire Ban… A Good Idea Or A Ridiculous Virtue Signal? Also, Maui sues cellphone companies, and Oregon Utility company likely going bankrupt.
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Outside Magazine pushes a year-round and nationwide campfire ban as a “symbolic” way to sto…
1 year, 10 months ago
A Wildfire Hiring Freeze?! Canada Calls National Security Investigation Team After Pipeline Fire. Also, The Retardant Cover-Up.
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Operational update.
A longtime and beloved firefighter in Montana dies during a pack tes…
1 year, 11 months ago
After 2 Years, The FEMA Director For The Hermits Peak\Calf Canyon Fire Relief Funds, Resigns. $4B of relief set to expire, Agency “Copied and Pasted” docs from 2000 Fire.
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Two years after the Hermits Peak\Calf Canyon Fire, the FEMA director in charge of the $4 Bi…
1 year, 11 months ago
2 Firefighters Burned On Oklahoma Fire, Started As Controlled Burn. Also, Red Flags Now = No Power. Fortress Retardant loses contract after “environmentally safe” product eats aircraft tanks.
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After a mayday call went out on the Oklahoma fire yesterday, we learned this …
1 year, 11 months ago
Weekly Wildfire Update: East Coast Pops Off, Multiple Teams Ordered. Washington State Scraps Wildfire Risk Map. Says the Maps are unreliable, but there's a lot more to this story.
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Full Operational Update.
Virginia and West Virginia order multiple Teams. Multiple Comple…
1 year, 11 months ago
Couple Charged in Death of Big Bear Hotshot Squad Boss, Charlie Morton, After Gender Reveal Starts Fire. Also, WFPPA Update.
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The Eldorado Fire was started by a gender reveal party in California.
This…
2 years, 1 month ago