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Idaho Governor OKs Wildland Firefighter Hazard Pay Raises

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March 25, 2022 8:28 pm Source: https://wildlandfirefighter.com/2022/03/25/idaho-governor-oks-wildland-firefighter-hazard-pay-raises/ By KEITH RIDLER Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Idaho Gov. Brad Little on Thursday signed into law legislation giving the state’s wildland firefighters hazard pay, a boost expected to keep more firefighters on the job. The Republican governor signed the measure that provides Idaho Department of Lands wildland firefighters with hazard…

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Fire Chief Hospitalized with Burns at NC Wildfire

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February 15, 2022 7:09 pm Source: https://wildlandfirefighter.com/2022/02/15/fire-chief-hospitalized-with-burns-at-nc-wildfire/ Mark Price The Charlotte Observer (MCT)A firefighter remains hospitalized after suffering multiple burns during a wildfire in western North Carolina, according to Otto Fire and Rescue in Macon County. The firefighter was identified as department Chief Terry Rholetter Jr. and he was injured Saturday, Feb. 12, officials said in a Facebook post….

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Concerns Raised About a Marshall-Style Wildfire on Former Rocky Flats Nuclear Weapons Site

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February 14, 2022 1:40 pm Source: https://wildlandfirefighter.com/2022/02/14/concerns-raised-about-a-marshall-style-wildfire-on-former-rocky-flats-nuclear-weapons-site/ John Aguilar The Denver Post (TNS) Feb. 8—December’s Marshall fire spared the Rocky Flats National Wildlife Refuge, an expanse of grasslands between Superior and Arvada that, had winds shifted, could have provided 6,200 acres of additional drought-stricken fuel to the destructive blaze. What if a fire like the one that burned down more than 1,000…

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Wind-Whipped Fires Sweep Kansas, Firefighter and Two Others Hospitalized

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December 16, 2021 8:15 pm Source: https://wildlandfirefighter.com/2021/12/16/wind-whipped-fires-sweep-kansas-firefighter-and-two-others-hospitalized/  Firefighters in Russell, Paradise, Salina and elsewhere in Kansas battled wildfires fueled by winds up to 100 miles per hour Wednesday and Thursday. At least one firefighter in Russell County was hospitalized with injuries suffered in the fires. The fires destroyed homes, barns, vehicles and livestock. The post Wind-Whipped Fires Sweep…

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Meet The Wildland Firefighters of Hawaii – ‘Different But the Same’

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November 29, 2021 9:25 pm Source: https://wildlandfirefighter.com/2021/11/29/meet-the-wildland-firefighters-of-hawaii-different-but-the-same/ Meet the Hawaii Wildland firefighters. Hawaii’s Department of Land and Natural Resources presents this video look at the men and women who are the first responders for the state’s 3 million acres of forest land. Like most places, wild fire season is a 12-month season in Hawaii. This largely volunteer force turns…

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Podcast: ‘Life with Fire’ with Amanda Monthei

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October 15, 2021 3:26 pm Source: https://wildlandfirefighter.com/2021/10/15/podcast-life-with-fire-with-amanda-monthei/ When Amanda Monthei was growing up, she actually thought about becoming an archeologist. She always knew she wanted to write, but becoming a wildland firefighter? That was not on her radar until much later.  “I had some girlfriends who’d been doing it and I was like, hey, that looks pretty fun. So,…

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Does Forest Thinning Slow Spread of Catastrophic Wildfires? Fuel Reduction Efforts Spark Division

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October 11, 2021 6:03 pm Source: https://wildlandfirefighter.com/2021/10/11/does-forest-thinning-slow-spread-of-catastrophic-wildfires/ By DON THOMPSON Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Firefighters and numerous studies credit intensive forest thinning projects with helping save communities like those recently threatened near Lake Tahoe in California and Nevada, but dissent from some environmental advocacy groups is roiling the scientific community. States in the U.S. West and the…

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U.S. Officials Approve Long-Lasting Fire Retardant for Wildland Firefighting

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October 5, 2021 5:29 pm Source: https://wildlandfirefighter.com/2021/10/05/u-s-officials-approve-long-lasting-fire-retardant-for-wildland-firefighting/ By KEITH RIDLER Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — U.S. officials on Tuesday approved a long-lasting fire retardant that could significantly aid in fighting increasingly destructive wildfires. The U.S. Forest Service approved Perimeter Solutions’ fire retardant that’s intended to be used as a preventative measure and can last for months It’s similar…

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WATERAX: Supporting What We Believe In

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October 1, 2021 7:56 pm Source: https://wildlandfirefighter.com/2021/10/01/waterax-supporting-what-we-believe-in/ This is WATERAX’s third year sponsoring the Wildland Fire Digital Storytelling Micro-Grant, part of the Smokey Generation Wildland Fire Oral History Project.  The grants are awarded to deserving writers and creative people, many with frontline experience in wildland firefighting, all passionate about the wildlands, to help them tell stories that explore the social and…

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Aluminum Wrap Used to Protect Homes from CA Wildfires

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September 20, 2021 12:59 pm Source: https://wildlandfirefighter.com/2021/09/20/aluminum-wrap-used-to-protect-homes-from-ca-wildfires/ By SCOTT SONNER Associated Press RENO, Nev. (AP) — Martin Diky said he panicked as a huge wildfire started racing down a slope toward his wooden house near Lake Tahoe. The contractor had enough time to do some quick research and decided to wrap his mountain home with an aluminum protective covering….

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