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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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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.

Also we discuss the Wildfire Risk Map being used by the executive branch to allocate emergency funds.
The Hotshot Wake Up
Feb 25, 2023
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On Today’s Show:

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  • First Operational Update of 2023.

  • Lost hiker charged for starting a wildfire to get rescued.

  • Firefighter tracking is here. Systems 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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