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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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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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The Hotshot Wake Up
Aug 05, 2022
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On This Week’s Weekly Wildfire Update:

  • Region 6 Pops, R1 Rips, and Texas burns. Also British Columbia fires and the McKinney in Nor Cal.

  • Are Environmentalists Making Wildfires Worse? The Environment Research Center in Bozeman Montana says yes. Litigation, delays, and confusion are roadblocking projects and prescribed burns.

  • New Clunky Respirators for Wildland Firefighters. What do they look how, how do they work, and will they be mandatory?

  • Airbus says they have created a new Tanker for wildland fires.

  • Drones being ordered to California fires.

  • Plus More.

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