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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.

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 Track…

FromThe Hotshot Wake Up


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 Track…

FromThe Hotshot Wake Up

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Length:
51 minutes
Released:
Feb 25, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

On Today’s Show: https://thehotshotwakeup.substack.com/

First Operational Update of 2023.
Lost hiker charged for starting a wildfire to get rescued.
Firefighter tracking is here. Systems are being implemented to handle the bandwidth.
We cover the Presidential report on Modernizing Wildland Firefighting to Protect Our Firefighters. Drones, autonomous helicopters, blimps, balloons, and tracking tech.
The Justice 40 Initiative is using the widely criticized wildfire risk map to allocate emergency funds.
Plus more.

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Released:
Feb 25, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

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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/