The Hotshot Wake Up
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A podcast and newsletter by firefighters about wildfire and the world. Crew Supervisor and Ex Hotshot overhead.
Call it like it is.
Monthly Substack subscriptions go towards supporting this content and helping firefighters in need. https://thehotshotwakeup.substack.com/
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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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Apr 14, 2024 |
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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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Apr 07, 2024 |
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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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Mar 23, 2024 |
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Couple Charged in Death of Big Bear Hotshot Squad Boss, Charlie Morton, After Gender Reveal Starts Fire. Also, WFPPA Update.
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Feb 15, 2024 |
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Fires in Chile: 64+ Dead. President of Chile\Governor: “These fires began in four points that lit up simultaneously.” "Could be intentional." Curfew ordered, authorities search for those responsible.
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Feb 04, 2024 |
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The Story of The Beachie Creek Fire: Put It Out, Or Let It Burn? Both Have Consequences. Also, PG&E and the Dixie Fire trial. The settlement basically pays itself.
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Jan 27, 2024 |
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Wildfire Contractors Accused of Bid Rigging in Idaho and "Drowning" the Competition. FBI Investigates After Wiretaps. Also, Hotshots and Ultra Marathons. A story about cardio and mental toughness.
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Jan 20, 2024 |
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A Conversation With Bridger Aerospace Founder and CEO Tim Sheehy. Wildfire aviation, wildfire policy, and the history of Scoopers.
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Jan 05, 2024 |
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Looking Forward to the 2024 Wildfire Season: A conversation with wildfire commissioner Kelly Martin.
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Dec 22, 2023 |
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Tracking Firefighters, A Living IAP, Interactive Maps, and Live Fireline Progression. A Conversation with Fire Captain Andy Bozzo, Co-Founder of Tablet Command.
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Dec 11, 2023 |
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The Ever Changing Story of Wildfire Has Confused the Public. Let's Get Back On Track.
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Dec 08, 2023 |
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Prescribed Fire is Hazardous and Can Be Deadly. The Argument for Hazard Pay on RX Fire. Also, another entrapment in California and Hotshot injured in Tennessee.
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Dec 02, 2023 |
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A Conversation With World Renowned Knife Maker Bill Harsey. Bill's knives are known around the world by special forces and high level operators.
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Nov 26, 2023 |
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Canada's Record Wildfire Season. A Chat With Doug Cote. Doug is a former Yukon Smoke Jumper and current Wildfire Risk Management Specialist for Canada.
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Nov 16, 2023 |
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A Conversation with Wildfire Commissioner and Firefighter Kelly Martin.
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Nov 05, 2023 |
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Relationships and Wildfire: A Chat with Family and Relationship Counselor Destiny Morris. Also, the different struggles from both women and men in the industry.
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Oct 16, 2023 |
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"A New Workforce," The New Catch Phrase. Fire AI Tech Companies Warn Forests Only Have 10 Years Left... Also, a wage funding update and thoughts on the current situation.
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Oct 14, 2023 |
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Mental Health in the Off-Season: A Conversation with Dani Shedden of Close the Gap Wellness. Tips for wildland firefighters, first responders, and their loved ones.
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Oct 06, 2023 |
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Senators Make a Last Stand For Firefighter Pay. Is Elon Musk Getting Into the Wildfire Industry? The looming shutdown and the Big Tech\Miliary marriage in wildfire.
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Sep 30, 2023 |
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Governments Go All In On AI, And Abandon The Wildfire Workforce. Multiple Trees Strike Firefighters in the PNW. Also, California begs insurance companies to come back.
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Sep 24, 2023 |
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A Roundtable Conversation with NFFE Firefighters Currently in D.C. A candid and honest conversation about where we are at with the Pay Cliff Legislation and more.
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Sep 15, 2023 |
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Fire Tech Series: We Talk to Jason Forthofer of the Missoula Fire Lab. We discuss AI in wildfire, working with Google, and the importance of on the ground operational intel.
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Sep 10, 2023 |
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Weekly Wildfire Update: A California Arson Investigation Leads to Murder Charges. FEMA Runs Out of Money, Blames Wildfires. The strange details developing in Maui, and a full operational update.
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Sep 03, 2023 |
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The Story of the Elkhorn Fire: Deployment Sites, 9 Mile Runs, Evacuations, and Rafter Rescues. An incredible story from this Idaho fire. Also, pay cliff update and my thoughts on it.
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Aug 27, 2023 |
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Weekly Wildfire Update: Hotshot Buggy Rolls Over, Full Report. Devastation in Washington. Looting happening in Evacuated towns in Canada. Maui update. Plus more.
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Aug 19, 2023 |
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Weekly Wildfire Update: Hawaii, The Lahaina Fires in Maui Bring the Conspiracy Theorists Out of the Woodwork. What Actually Happened?
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Aug 13, 2023 |
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Weekly Wildfire Update: Full Operational Update. Southwest Goes PL4. Raising a Family While a Wildland Firefighter, One Smokejumpers Story. PG&E Stops Its Tree Trimming Program, Reduces Burying Lines.
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Aug 05, 2023 |
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Weekly Wildfire Update: MT and ID Pop Off, OR and WA Both Have Monster Fires. AZ and NM Still Chasing Lightning Fires. Lockheed Martin Developing AI Virtual Reality Systems for IMTs.
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Jul 22, 2023 |
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Weekly Wildfire Update: Welcome, Fire Season is Finally Here. Full Operational Update and Wage Legislation Update. Florida Insurers Pull Out Due to Wildfire. The Oregon Wildfire Dilemma...
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Jul 16, 2023 |
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Weekly Wildfire Update: Operational Update. Idaho Claims 50% of Their Firefighters are First-Year Employees. Do Nomex Contain Toxic Chemicals? PFAS and Wildfire Clothing.
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Jul 08, 2023 |
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Gabriel Mann: The Filmmaker and Documentarian Behind the Movie HOTSHOT.
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Jul 01, 2023 |
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12 Weeks Until the Pay Cliff... U.S. and Canada Sign a New MOU for Cross Border Firefighting Response. Ontario Now Asking for Information on Suspicious Wildfires. Yale: Cloud Seeding Will Save Us.
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Jun 24, 2023 |
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Weekly Wildfire Update: FBI Arrests Arsonist in California After Destroying 20,000 Acres and 197 Structures. The Hotshot Community Loses Another Young Fit Firefighter.
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Jun 17, 2023 |
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The Supt. Series: A Conversation with Kris Baumgartner, Superintendent of The Pioneer Peak Hotshots.
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Jun 12, 2023 |
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How Did the Canadian Wildfires Start? A Rational Response in a Sea of Conspiracy. What's Really Happening.
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Jun 09, 2023 |
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A Conversation with Dr. Melinda Adams. Good Fire, Cultural Fire, and Loving Where You Live.
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Jun 04, 2023 |
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The 11th Fire Order. Your Responses Are Hilarious. Prescribed Fire in Oregon Escapes. Criminal Charges Dropped in PG&E in Zogg Fire Deaths Case. Another Insurance Company Stops Policies in California.
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Jun 02, 2023 |
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HUGE NEWS: As Predicted, Largest Home Insurer Will No Longer Insure New Homes Due to Wildfires and Climate Crisis. Erickson Skycranes Can Now Operate at Night With NVGs. Full Operational Update.
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May 27, 2023 |
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The Struggles With Wildland Fire Relationships and Vices. A Chat With Destiny Morris. If you are a wildland firefighter or in a relationship with one, this is a must-listen.
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May 21, 2023 |
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Firefighter Tracking is Here, Arizona Implements Fireline Crew GPS. Firefighter Burned Over in Idaho and Severely Injured. Canadian Tactics V.S. U.S. Tactics. Is One Better?!
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May 19, 2023 |
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Weekly Wildfire Update: Full Operational Update. Chainsaw Injuries, Are They on the Rise? FEMA Still Hasn't Compensated Calf Canyon\Hermits Peak Victims.
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May 13, 2023 |
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Alberta, Canada Gets Nuked with Lightning and Wildfires. 10's of Thousands Evacuated. Suspect Caught in Incendiary Shooting in AZ. I Interview JJ Shelley, Who is Studying Type 1 Fire Nutrition.
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May 06, 2023 |
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Western States Move to be Less Reliant on Fed Resources. Montana Votes on $186M to Stage Resources Locally. Idaho Trains its Loggers to Fight Fire. $1.6B Wildfire Lawsuit Moves Forward in Oregon.
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Apr 30, 2023 |
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Weekly Wildfire Update: Ops Update. The East Coast Gets Slammed, Nebraska, Wisconsin, and Kansas Declare Emergencies. A Caterer Crisis. The Forest Service Chooses Caterers by Cheapest, Not Closest...
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Apr 15, 2023 |
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Weekly Wildfire Update: Operation Update, Region 3 Goes PL2, and the South Gets Busy. Forest Service\BLM Give Job Series\Wage Update. New Clean Air Rule Restricts Prescribed Burns
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Apr 09, 2023 |
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Weekly Wildfire Update: Spring Fire Season is Here. Busy Day in Colorado, Oklahoma Rips, and New Mexico Sees New Starts. New Bill Introduced to Limit Wildfire Funds. What We Know.
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Apr 01, 2023 |
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SPECIAL GUEST: Flagstaff Hotshot and Current Smokejumper Olivia Gagliardi. Olivia Discusses the Upcoming Women In Wildland Fire Event and Her Career Path. Wyoming Left Out of Wildfire Funding Bill...
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Mar 18, 2023 |
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Dani Shedden of Close The Gap Wellness Joins Us. We Discuss Relationships Going Into the Fire Season and Communicating in Those Relationships. We also Talk Mental Health, Self Care, and the Big 3
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Mar 07, 2023 |
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Weekly Wildfire Update: The 2022 Accident and Fatality Summary. Swamper Injuries Significantly Up and Fatalities Up on the 10-Year Average. Aviation Fatalities WAY Up.
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Mar 04, 2023 |
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Podcast: Brian Crowley, Captain of Cañon Helitak. We Discuss Aviation, Search and Rescue, Brian's Experience Riding Out Wildfire in a Shelter, How That Affected Him and His Crew, and so much more.
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Feb 27, 2023 |
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Weekly Wildfire Update: Southern Area (R8) has 396 New Fires. Lost Hiker Who Started Fire Ordered to Pay $200 a Month for 122 Years. Firefighter Tracking is Here, Implementation Coming.
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Feb 25, 2023 |
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The Supt Series: Fred Thompson, Superintendent of the Helena Hotshots, Joins Me to Discuss All Things Wildfire. We talk fitness, what being a Hotshot means, preparing for the season, mental health...
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Feb 19, 2023 |
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Weekly Wildfire Update: Chief Moore Admits 45% of the Workforce Left in the Last 3 Years. Wildfire Commission Releases Preliminary Findings and Recommendations.
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Feb 17, 2023 |
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My Interview with Dr. Robin Verble. We Discuss the Recently Released Report on Wildfire Dispatchers Around the Nation and Cover the Importance of Getting New Wildfire Series Right.
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Feb 11, 2023 |
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A Fantastic Conversation with J Gilmore. We Cover Her Career as a Firefighter, PIO, Fire Investigator, and the Important Work J is Doing in the Prevention World.
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Feb 04, 2023 |
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Weekly Wildfire Update: The Hotshot Superintendent AAR. We Cover Topics Discussed/Updates Given. Hotshot Pilot Programs, National Standardization, etc… Oregon Delays Wildfire Risk Map Again.
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Jan 28, 2023 |
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The Supt Series: A Conversation With Shawn Borgen, Superintendent of the Flathead Hotshots. With 30 Years of Wildfire Experience, Shawn Brings a Wealth of Knowledge to the Table.
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Jan 21, 2023 |
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The Echo's of Calf Canyon\Hermits Peak Fire: New Mexico Introduces Bill to Ban Prescribed Fire. Huge Implications if Passed. Wildfire Arson Up 10% in California in 2022. CalFire Arrests 160 Suspects.
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Jan 08, 2023 |
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Podcast: Dispatcher Admits to Starting 24 Wildfires This Year. Says He "Did it for the Boys and to Distract from Depression." Pilotless Helicopter Successfully Tested For Wildfire Operations.
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Dec 23, 2022 |
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Podcast: Forest Service Switching Entire Fleet to Electric Vehicles. The Good, The Bad, and the Obviously Fucked. Arsonist Arrested Last Night In California Decked out in Smokejumper Gear…What’s Known
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Dec 09, 2022 |
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Weekly Wildfire Podcast: The Benefits of Staying Dialed During the Off-Season. Robbed in Paris and Border Issues After Letting My Situational Awareness Down. Smk-Jumper Stuck in Mexican Prison.
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Dec 02, 2022 |
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Weekly Wildfire Update: Oregon Burn Boss Update. Sheriff Was Threatened With Arrest on the Day of the Burn. Burn Resources Requested Federal Law Enforcement But Order Went Unfilled. Plus Much More.
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Nov 11, 2022 |
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Podcast: Poachers Start a Wildfire in the Northern Boreal Forest This Week. Is Your Christmas Tree Poached? "Rampant Problem" Crackhead in Colorado Starts a Fire. Wildfire Fatality in Minnesota.
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Nov 04, 2022 |
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Weekly Wildfire Update: A Conversation with Chief Randy Moore, Why That's Important. Canadair Scooper Crashes, Two Pilot Fatalities. Are Firefighters Becoming Desensitized to Death? Operational Update
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Oct 28, 2022 |
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Weekly Update: Overreaction in Oregon? Burn Boss Arrested After Prescribed Burn Jumps Onto Private Ranch Land. I Discuss What is Known and the Future Repercussions. Operational Update, and More.
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Oct 21, 2022 |
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Podcast: Outside Magazine Suggests Firefighter Suicides Are Due to Climate Change. I Discuss the Actual Reasons. Defensible Space. Get Together, Get it Done and Don’t Be a Lazy Landowner.
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Oct 14, 2022 |
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PODCAST: Does Cali Have a Retardant Problem? How to Become a SEAT Pilot? Dauntless Air Lays it Out and Suggests Expanded Training for the Industry. Montana Has Figured Out Managed Fire, Finally.
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Oct 07, 2022 |
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Podcast: A Wildfire Tax, It's Not an Idea Anymore, It's Here. States Voting to Increase Sales Tax to Pay for Wildfires. $117M Settlement in the Camp Fire Case, All Going to Gov. and Not the Victims?
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Sep 30, 2022 |
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Weekly Wildfire Update: Oregon Scraps Mandated Wildfire Risk Map Due to Inaccuracies. Wildfires are Increasing AND Decreasing, Perspective. NY Times Says Screen Time is Healthier that Wildfire Smoke.
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Sep 23, 2022 |
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Weekly Wildfire Update: Wildfire Commission Meets for the First Time in SLC Utah. Behind Schedule\Questions Unanswered. Fire Aviation Company Finds New Runway Forward, Fascinating. Operational Update.
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Sep 16, 2022 |
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Weekly Wildfire Update: California Fires Go Big. Nationally a PL4. Idaho, Montana, and the Pacific NW Very Active. The Tim Hart Act Update. Keep Your Mind Active and Don't Get Complacent.
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Sep 09, 2022 |
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Weekly Wildfire Update: Report on Injured Hotshots Due to Bucket Drop on the Calf Canyon. Investigation Starts Due to Laser Pointers Directed at Moose Fire Pilots. Snaptember, Stories and Suggestions.
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Sep 02, 2022 |
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Weekly Wildfire Update: National Update, New Mental Health Legislation Passed, A Strange Reaction. Global Council Wants Worldwide Wildfire Standardization. My Thoughts. How to Beat Midseason Burnout.
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Aug 26, 2022 |
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Weekly Wildfire Update: Full Ops Update. Dragon Fire Finds Evidence in Missing Person Case. How Many People Disappear in Forests Each Year? A New Stadium Sized Fire Balloon. PANIC: Get Rid of It.
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Aug 19, 2022 |
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Weekly Wildfire Update: Full Operational Update. Nasa Funds a New Drone for Resource Tracking on Wildfires, Interactive Chat and Video. Problems With Coal Seam Fires. Tragedy in Oregon, What Happened?
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Aug 12, 2022 |
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Weekly Wildfire Update: Region 6 Pops, R1 Rips. Are Environmentalists Making Wildfires Worse? The Environment Research Center Says Yes. New Clunky Respirators for Wildland Firefighters, Plus More.
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Aug 05, 2022 |
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Weekly Wildfire Update: Southern Area Heat Wave, Montana Looks Ready, Idaho Getting Busy, Russia on Fire. Why is August Dirty? We Discuss the Reasons, Pros\Cons. FS Starts Canceling Prescribed Burns.
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Jul 29, 2022 |
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Weekly Wildfire Update: Full Operational Update. Washburn Fire Refused Retardant Drops During IA, Why? New Legislation Includes Tim Hart Act, Multiple Aviation Crashes This Week. What Happened and Why
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Jul 22, 2022 |
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Weekly Wildfire Update: Utah, Alaska, Yosemite, and Europe Burn. Rent might be suspended at Forest Service Housing, HUGE Housing Updates, New Retirement Bill Passes House, FBI Joins the Wildfire Fight
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Jul 15, 2022 |
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Weekly Wildfire Update: Space Force Facility Threatened by the Clear Fire. The Yukon Burning Like AK. HISTORY MADE, First Ever Short Haul Insertion. Plus, Firefighter Climbs into Bucket for Extraction
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Jul 08, 2022 |
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Weekly Wildfire Update: Great Basin Ready, Nor Cal Ready, Alaska is on Fire... Remembering Granite Mountain Hotshots, Personal Opinions on the Matter, PTSD in Wildfire, Fireworks Are Not Evil...Right?
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Jul 01, 2022 |
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Weekly Wildfire Update: Alaska Pops Off, California Utah Join the Show, The Hermits Peak Report... What Went Wrong? Cal Fire loses 10% of Their Staff, Will the Supplemental Payments Help Retention?
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Jun 24, 2022 |
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Weekly Wildfire Update: Southwest, Alaska, Cali, and More, Did Randy Moore Lie to Congress? Full Pay Update, Announcement Coming, PG&E Plead Not Guilty for the Zogg Fire Deaths... Corruption?
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Jun 17, 2022 |
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Weekly Wildfire Update: Alaska Pops Off, Southwest Still Busy, Heat Wave Coming... Chief Moore Testifies, Promises Payments by Months End, But to Who?, Breakdown of the Hearing, Plus Much More...
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Jun 10, 2022 |
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Weekly Wildfire Update: Full Operational Update, Three Hotshots Injured on the Calf Canyon Fire, {one severely} What Happened?, New Developments on the Raises, What's Known? Plus Much More.
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Jun 03, 2022 |
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Weekly Wildfire Update: Alaska Starts, Colorado Ready, Southwest Continues, Firefighter Revives Baby Elk, Hotshots Saving Horses, Huge Seed Nursery Evacuated, Mandatory GPS Tracking for Firefighters
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May 27, 2022 |
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Weekly Wildfire Update: Full Operational Update, Helicopter Manager Reported Missing Found Deceased... What We Know, New Study Shows Nearly Half U.S. Homes at Wildfire Risk... Legit? Raise Questions..
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May 20, 2022 |
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Weekly Wildfire Update: Operational Update, Cali Coastal Fire , Southwest, and Canada. NPR Talks Firefighter Wages, Congress Takes Action, Tree Strikes Hotshot, I Get Blocked By the Forest Service.
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May 13, 2022 |
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Weekly Wildfire Update: Full Operational Update, National Emergency Declared for New Mexico, Forest Service Chief Testifies, Huge Study on Firefighter Heart Issues, Colorado Sees Record Year Coming...
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May 06, 2022 |
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Weekly Wildfire Update: Full Operational Update of Current Fires, New Executive Order a Missed Opportunity, Canada Retention Issues, The Scooper Fleet, Oregon Battles DC, and Congress Doesn't Get It..
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Apr 29, 2022 |
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Weekly Wildfire Update: Full Operational Update, PL4 in Region 3, The Forest Service Chief Sends a Letter, Amazon Delivery Drones Cause Wildfire, Bozeman Dispatch Center Closes, Plus Much More.
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Apr 22, 2022 |
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A Wildland Firefighter's Guide to Not Going Broke It's not as hard as you think...
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Apr 18, 2022 |
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Weekly Wildfire Update: McBride Fire Fatalities, Hermits Peak Fire Apology Tour, Caterer Crisis, Fire Mitigation In California is Broken, Forest Service Resignation Goes Viral.
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Apr 15, 2022 |
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Weekly Wildfire Update: Judges Reinstate Employee Mandate, Forest Service Admits Losing 40% of Workforce in Two Years in Testimony, Mental Patient Released After Starting Wildfire in Colorado.
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Apr 08, 2022 |
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Weekly Wildfire Update, Tennessee and Texas on fire, Wildfire in India Causes Tigers to Eat People, Boulder Burns, "New" Firefighter Health Registry, PBS Pushes Prescribed Burning.
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Apr 01, 2022 |
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Weekly Wildfire Update Podcast: Operational Update, Pre Season Trends, Caldor Fire Debrief, Drones Take Over, and More.
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Mar 25, 2022 |
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Weekly Wildfire Update Podcast : Texas on Fire, Two Firefighters Burned Over, Smokejumpers in Congress, The Fire Shelter Cultural Divide, and more.
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Mar 19, 2022 |
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Weekly Wildfire Update : Very Strange Happenings at the Heli-Expo, Sleeping in Bomb Craters, and More.
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Mar 16, 2022 |
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Weekly Wildfire Update : The Tom McClintock Drama, South Korean Fire Burns Near Nuclear Plant, and More
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Mar 16, 2022 |
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Weekly Wildfire Update Podcast : New U.N. Global Wildfire Standards, Argentina's Fires, and More
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Mar 16, 2022 |
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Weekly Wildfire Update : Colorado's Mass Resignation, Tim's Act Progress, and More.
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Mar 16, 2022 |
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Your weekly wildfire update: Spring hiring, Big Sur fire, prescribed fire blowout in Texas, and More
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Mar 16, 2022 |