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Once again predictive services has put $.25 in the Zoltar machine and has provided us their monthly predictions for significant wildland fire potential. At a quick glance it’s clear that the Plains States will not be plain and the southern area is primed and ready with their fall…
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Not everyone is a morning person. Some people seem like they’re not even a “day” person. Myself like many others have tricks to make mornings easier. Espresso, a good breakfast, a morning roll in the hay, and a good work out to get the blood flowing. Shake off that “case of the…
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Mid Week Brief: Winter Work/Cash Jobs. Off Season Jobs I’ve Done and Other Options. The NFFE Addresses the Supplemental OT Issues. A Story About an Ex, a Make Believe Wife, and a Bank Robbery, Crazy.Listen now (51 min) | Plus More
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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…Listen now (56 min) | Operational Update and More.
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Mid Week Brief : The Creek Fire is Now Officially the Shadiest Fire in California, I Cover an Internal Investigation Sent to Me, The NFFE Puts Out a List of Demands Before The Raises are Implemented.
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Mid Week Brief: Multiple Fatality Fires in California. PL4 Nationally. Grassroots Writes Congress, Asks for a Standalone Tim Hart Bill. The D.C. Office Being Sheisty with the New Pay Series.
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Mid Week Brief: The Mosquito Fire, The Investigation, and The Company Everyone Loves to Hate, PG&E. Chief Moore Refuses to Take Responsibility in NPR Interview. Then who? New Bill on Fire Housing. Listen now (46 min) | Government Shutdown coming? Plus more.
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Forest Service Confiscates Their Power Pole.
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The investigation however, continues.
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Monday is back. You might have a hard week or maybe you have an easy week ahead. Either way, let’s start it off right and get the heart rate up in the…
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Make self improvement a goal.
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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 than Wildfire Smoke.Listen now (65 min) | "Don't let your kids play outside" they say. Plus More.
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At what point should resignations be considered by Agency leaders?
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Mid Week Brief : The Creek Fire is Now Officially the Shadiest Fire in California, I Cover an Internal Investigation Sent to Me, The NFFE Puts Out a List of Demands Before The Raises are Implemented.
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Mid Week Brief: Multiple Fatality Fires in California. PL4 Nationally. Grassroots Writes Congress, Asks for a Standalone Tim Hart Bill. The D.C. Office Being Sheisty with the New Pay Series.
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