Sitemap - 2023 - The Hotshot Wake Up

Groups Sues Government Saying Beavers Are Wildland Firefighters. Wants to Stack the Frontlines with Beavers. Firefighter Burned After Backpack Blower Ignites.

Monday Morning Workout: Fall Is Here, So Welcome It In.

Governments Go All In On AI, And Abandon The Wildfire Workforce. Multiple Trees Strike Firefighters in the PNW.

Agencies Say Pay Will Continue Past Sept. 30th.

Four Canadian Wildland Firefighters Killed While Driving Home From Incident.

This Week’s Injury Updates: A Severe Chainsaw Accident, Exploding Soup Cans, and Resetting Your Own Kneecap…

Sheriff Awarded After Stopping Armed and Belligerent Arsonist in Colorado.

You Are Here: Welcome to Earth.

Monday Morning Workout: The Government Might Shutdown, But You Don't Need To.

The National Hotshot Program Review Report Released.

A Roundtable Conversation with NFFE Firefighters Currently in D.C.

Helping a Smokejumper in a Time of Need.

Canadian Man Blaming Government for Fires Arrested For Starting Fires. Multiple Firefighters Injured and Evac'd From Falling Rocks.

The Wildland Firefighter Paycheck Protection Act Has Been Scheduled For a Vote.

Monday Morning Workout: Never Forget

Hazard Trees: Just Blow Them Up.

A California Nightmare:

A September Wake Up: Cold Feet and Vivid Dreams.

Fire Tech Series: We Talk to Jason Forthofer of the Missoula Fire Lab.

How Did It Get This Bad?!

The Pacific Northwest: Year Over Year Wildfire Numbers Are a Sight to See.

New Boot Goofin...

Community Helps: Hotshot Loses Home to a Wildfire, While on a Wildfire. Former Hotshot Loses Battle with Cancer.

Weekly Wildfire Update: A California Arson Investigation Leads to Murder Charges. FEMA Runs Out of Money, Blames Wildfires.

Snaptmeber Predictive Services: It Ain't Over.

Mid-Week Brief: The Forest Service Stands Up for Hotshots. A Positive Sign of Things to Come.

Fire Food: New Policy of "Cheapest Caterer First" Starts to Rear It's Ugly Head.

Greece Wildfire Now Largest in Europe's Recorded History After 79 Arsonists Arrested.

Monday Morning Workout: It's Free Dopamine.

The Story of the Elkhorn Fire: Deployment Sites, 9 Mile Runs, Evacuations, and Rafter Rescues.

Camp Crud Emergency Kit:

Surprise Surprise... Maui Sues Hawaiian Electric Over Lahaina Fire.

Mid Week Brief: The Eroding Trust Between Firefighters and the Public. Bureaucrats Are to Blame.

The Real Wildfire Conspiracies.

Monday Morning Workout: It's Camp Crud Season, Stay Healthy.

Weekly Wildfire Update: Hotshot Buggy Rolls Over, Full Report. Devastation in Washington.

Little Tujunga Hotshot Struck by Burning Tree on a Wildfire.

Firefighter Goes Missing on the Lost Horse Creek Fire in Alaska.

Helping a Firefighter in Need.

Mid-Week Brief: Northern California Pops Off. Mass Evacuations in the Northwest Territories. Hawaii Update.

Feds Send One Time Payment of $700 to Hawaii Wildfire Victims.

Weekly Wildfire Update: Hawaii, The Lahaina Fires in Maui Bring the Conspiracy Theorists Out of the Woodwork.

The Right Place at the Right Time.

The Grind of a Wildfire Season.

Mid Week Brief: Hawaii is Devastated by Wildfire. Hurricane Force Winds Fuel Fire That Rolls Over Entire Town. New Study Finds Hotshot's Daily Output is Similar to Tour de France Riders.

Mid-Air Collision Between Helicopters Over California Wildfire.

Monday Morning Workout: Mid-Summer Maintenance.

A CH-46E Helicopter Has Crashed in Arizona, Firefighter Fatality in Oregon.

Weekly Wildfire Update: Full Operational Update. Southwest Goes PL4. Raising a Family While a Wildland Firefighter, One Smokejumpers Story. PG&E Stops Its Tree Trimming Program, Reduces Burying Lines.

What's Going On....? PL3 Nationally, but Fires Struggling to Get Resources? Also, Are The Retention Payments Missing This Pay Period?

Predictive Services Points Towards a Very Dirty August...

Operational Update: Greek Minister Says the Majority of the 667 Fires Started Were Arson and Seemed Coordinated. California’s Wildfire Outlook. Fiscal Cliff Legislation Update.

August is Right Around the Corner. Yes, It's Gunna Be Really Dirty.

Forest Service Reports Nearly 150% Increase in Annual Human-Caused Fires in the PNW, in Just 58 Days!

Mid Week Brief: Wildfire Contractor Shorts Wages by $156k, Fined $17K. FEMA Has Paid Out Less Than 1% of Funds to Calf Canyon Victims. Bridger Aerospace Isn't Just a Scooper Company...

Two Pilots Lose Their Lives After Canadair CL-215 Crashes While Operating Over Greece Wildfires.

Forest Service Confirms an Escaped Pile Burn Caused Cerro Pelado Fire.

Weekly Wildfire Update: MT and ID Pop Off, OR and WA Both Have Monster Fires. AZ and NM Still Chasing Lightning Fires. Lockheed Martin Developing AI Virtual Reality Systems for IMTs.

Monthly Acreage Update: Is It Busy Yet?

Helicopter Crashes During Bucket Operations on Alberta Wildfire.

Mid Week Brief: The Moose Fire Aviation Fatalities Likely Caused by an iPad, Preliminary Report Findings. Pay Legislation Goes Mainstream as the Deadline Nears.

Monday Morning Workout: Pull-ups in the Pines.

Firefighter Dies While Battling Canadian Wildfires in the Northwest Territories.

Weekly Wildfire Update: Welcome, Fire Season is Finally Here. Full Operational Update and Wage Legislation Update. Florida Insurers Pull Out Due to Wildfire. The Oregon Wildfire Dilemma...

California: Where Everyone Starts Wildfires, Even the Wildlife.

Young Wildland Firefighter Dies While Working Wildfires in British Columbia.

New Legislation Introduced Makes Retention Pay Permanent and Secures 24-Hour Pay.

Mid Week Brief: Two Engines Burned Over in Oregon. As the U.S. Empties its Wildfire Force into Canada, Will We be Caught Off Guard? The Great Fir Tree Die-Off, What That Means for Wildfire.

By the Numbers: Is it Actually a Slow Wildfire Season?

Monday Morning Workout: Slow Day Circuits.

Weekly Wildfire Update: Operational Update. Idaho Claims 50% of Their Firefighters are First-Year Employees. Do Nomex Contain Toxic Chemicals? PFAS and Wildfire Clothing.

Hotshots Are More Civilized Than "Civil Society."

Mid Week Brief: California Considering Pre-Treating the State with Clear Retardant That Lasts Up to a Year. Arsonist Assaults Forest Service Employee After Starting Multiple Fires.

Forest Service Sued Over Cerro Pelado Fire.

New Predictive Service Maps: August Will Still Be Dirty.

The President Responds: A Message to Wildland Firefighters.

Remembering The Granite Mountain Hotshots

The Cerro Pelado Fire: Shhhh... It's a Dirty Little Secret.

My Interview with KPNW Radio in Oregon.

Alaska Reports the Slowest Fire Season Since Detailed Records Began... Maybe Ever.

Gabriel Mann: The Filmmaker and Documentarian Behind the Movie HOTSHOT.

Monday Morning Workout: Your Body, Your Mind, Your Choice.

2nd Annual Independence Day Saw Giveaway.

12 Weeks Until the Pay Cliff... U.S. and Canada Sign a New MOU for Cross Border Firefighting Response. Ontario Now Asking for Information on Suspicious Wildfires. Yale: Cloud Seeding Will Save Us.

Forest Service Provides Update on Pay Cliff and Job Series.

Wildfire, The Pentagon, NIFC, and Canada. DOD Providing Drones and Satellites in Joint Operation. Insurance Companies Leave MT, UT, and ID. AIG Revokes Policies in Multiple States Because Wildfires...

Weekly Wildfire Update: FBI Arrests Arsonist in California After Destroying 20,000 Acres and 197 Structures. The Hotshot Community Loses Another Young Fit Firefighter.

Alberta Premier Says She's Bringing in Arson Investigators From Outside the Province.

Mid-Week Brief: Fire Investigators Find the Deadly Marshall Fire in Colorado Was Actually 2 Fires, Lawsuits Likely. Supervisor Pay Caps And Project Work.

As Pay Issues Linger, Canadian Firefighters Start Refusing Work as Wildfires Burn.

Breaking: Pacific Power Found Liable for Wildfires in Oregon. $1.6B Sought.

Monday Morning Workout: The R&R Special.

The Wildland Firefighter Pay Cliff, Politics, and Promises.

How Did the Canadian Wildfires Start? A Rational Response in a Sea of Conspiracy. What's Really Happening?

The Supt. Series: A Conversation with Kris Baumgartner, Superintendent of The Pioneer Peak Hotshots.

The Wildfire Lookouts Were Right...

The 11th Fire Order. Your Responses Are Hilarious. Prescribed Fire in Oregon Escapes. Criminal Charges Dropped in PG&E and Zogg Fire Deaths Case. Another Insurance Company Stops Policies in California

There’s an 18,000 Acre Fire in New Mexico, And No One Knows…

Fire Season Always Arrives, But Where?

A Conversation with Dr. Melinda Adams. Good Fire, Cultural Fire, and Loving Where You Live.

Monday Morning Workout: The Memorial Day Motivator.

HUGE NEWS: As Predicted, Largest Home Insurer Will No Longer Insure New Homes Due to Wildfires and Climate Crisis. Erickson Skycranes Can Now Operate at Night With NVGs. Full Operational Update.

Judge Rules the Forest Service is in Violation of the Clean Water Act, But May Continue Discharging Retardant.

The Logan Hotshots family needs our help.

Father-Son Duo Save Cabins With a Shovel and 5 Gallons of Gas. Crazy Story. The Debt Ceiling and Wildfire Resources. Man Rescued From Alberta Fires Faces Charges. Montana Passes Major Wildfire Law.

Monday Morning Workout: Better Body, Better Mind, Better Month.

Firefighter Tracking is Here, Arizona Implements Fireline Crew GPS. Firefighter Burned Over in Idaho and Severely Injured. Canadian Tactics V.S. U.S. Tactics. Is One Better?!

Hotshot Crew Dispatch Policy Changed. Now Allows for Full Crew Dispatch.

Local Alberta Firefighter Struck by Tree While Working the Fires and Remains in a Coma.

The Struggles With Wildland Fire Relationships and Vices. A Chat With Destiny Morris.

New Policy Says Hotshots Have to Leave Crewmembers Behind on Non-Local Wildfires.

Crashed Predator Drone Starts Wildfire in Arizona.

Monday Morning Workout: Conquering Hills to Cure Restlessness.

The Buggies... The Mobile Home Away From Home.

Weekly Wildfire Update: Full Operational Update. Chainsaw Injuries, Are They on the Rise? FEMA Still Hasn't Compensated Calf Canyon\Hermits Peak Victims.

Tim Hart Act Reintroduced in Congress. Canada Asks for 20 U.S. Crews. Who Can Go? Bonneville Hotshots Awarded for Bravery. Alberta Wants to Postpone Elections Due to Fires.

Monday Morning Workout: Blow Out Those Lungs.

Alaska Sends Crews to Canada.

After Gutting Wildfire Funding, Rappel Crews, and Wildfire Contracts, Alberta Issues a State of Emergency for Wildfires.

Alberta, Canada Gets Nuked with Lightning and Wildfires. 10's of Thousands Evacuated. Suspect Caught in Incendiary Shooting in AZ. I Interview JJ Shelley, Who is Studying Type 1 Fire Nutrition.

Helicopter Crashes While Fighting Fire in Alberta.

Human-Caused Fires Growing: Arizona Looks for Suspect, Nevada Bans Fireworks & Incendiary Rounds to Stop Wildfires. Forest Service Shoots Themselves in the Foot... Again. Retardant Lawsuit Update.

The Feds End the Mandate for Federal Employees and Contractors.

New Predictive Services Maps: Minnesota and Wisconsin Better Start Ordering Crews Now…

Pocket Food and a Pack: What Everyone Wants.

Monday Morning Workout: Summer is About to Fly By... The First Day of May.

🔊: Western States Move to be Less Reliant on Fed Resources. Montana Votes on $186M to Stage Resources Locally. Idaho Trains its Loggers to Fight Fire. $1.6B Wildfire Lawsuit Moves Forward in Oregon.

With No Charges Filed in the Oregon Burn Boss Case, The Sheriff and Malheur National Forest Say Relations are Improving.

The Future of Wildfire: We Interview Jay Stalnacker, Former Smokejumper and Technical Lead for XPRIZE Wildfire. We Discuss the Competition and the Evolving Wildfire Industry.

SpaceX Launches Student's Wildfire Satellite Into Space.

Court Decision on Retardant Case Nearing. New Details Emerge.

Senator Demands Answers From the Secretary of the Army After Wildfire Consumes 3,000 Acres. Rumors of a Prescribed Fire Gone Awry.

Monday Morning Workout: Something for the Slow Days.

Maybe They’re Careless, Maybe it’s the Edibles… Colorado Sheriffs are Tired of Residents Starting Wildfires.

XPRIZE Wildfire: The $11M Prize for Wildfire AI Systems and Drone Innovation.

Mid-Week Brief: The Elephant in the Room. Is the Industry Getting Soft? Let's Discuss. Advocacy Groups Push to Decommission All Forest Roads and Call Prescribed Burns "Bad for the Environment."

Everyone's Questions About the New Pay Are Answered.

Murder Charges Filed in the Death of Wildland Firefighter in West Virginia.

Weekly Wildfire Update: Ops Update. The East Coast Gets Slammed, Nebraska, Wisconsin, and Kansas Declare Emergencies. A Caterer Crisis. Forest Service Chooses Caterers by the Cheapest, Not Closest.

Wildland Firefighter Dies After Tree Strike in West Virginia.

We Need A Senator, Any Senator...

Midweek Brief: The Wildfire Caucus Has Returned. But, There's One Rule to Join... Shoutout, Rep. Neguse. The Days of 16-Hour Shifts May Be Over.

Monday Morning Workout: Sun's Out, Guns Out.

Weekly Wildfire Update: Operation Update, Region 3 Goes PL2, and the South Gets Busy. Forest Service\BLM Give Job Series\Wage Update. New Clean Air Rule Restricts Prescribed Burns.

The Reply: “Are You Ready?” The Other Half…

"Are You Ready?" The Question We All Know, But Many May Not Fully Understand.

A Senior Firefighter on The Pioneer Peak Hotshots Needs Help for His Dad After a Debilitating Stroke.

After Amending the Bill to Ban Prescribed Burning, New Mexico Governor Signs it into Law.

Mid Week Brief: Criminal Charges Coming for Colorado Fires. Comparing Last Season's Start to This Year. Hermits Peak was 1 Year Ago. Ego, The EPA, and the Retardant Lawsuit. It's a Mess.

Still Waiting for Your Retention Pay and Back Pay?! The USDA is Trying to Get it to You.

Monday Morning Workout:

Predictive Services Maps: A Hodgepodge of Above Normal and Below Normal Potential.

Weekly Wildfire Update: Spring Fire Season is Here. Busy Day in Colorado, Oklahoma Rips, and New Mexico Sees New Starts. New Bill Introduced to Limit Wildfire Funds. What We Know.

We May Have a Growing Problem: Spain Authorities Blame Eco Terrorists for up to 90 Wildfires Last Week.

Engine Rollover in Texas.

Cash Rules Everything Around Trees, Cream, Where’s the Money?

New Proposed Pay Increases Released By the Agencies.

Taoism in Wildfire Culture.

The Last Resort Fire in North Carolina Grows to Almost 5,400 Acres. Firefighters Employ Drones Overhead.

Florida's Fire Season Starts. We Talk to Ludie Bond, PIO for the Florida Forest Service. Smokejumpers Start in Alaska. Utah Allocates $14M for Cloud Seeding, Feds Give $2.4M to Region 4 to Cloudseed.

Monday Morning Workout: Springtime Rammer.

Court Upholds Ruling That Mandate for Federal Employees is Unconstitutional.

Lawsuit to Ban Fire Retardant Nationwide Gains Steam. Huge Implications. Oregon Now Banning People From Using the Wildfire Risk Map THEY Created. A Letter From Chief Randy Moore.

Monday Morning Workout: A Full Body Burner on the First Day of Spring.

SPECIAL GUEST: Flagstaff Hotshot and Current Smokejumper Olivia Gagliardi. Olivia Discusses the Upcoming Women In Wildland Fire Event and Her Career Path. Wyoming Left Out of Wildfire Funding Bill.

Mid Week Brief: What's Up With These Raises? DOI Holds Raise Meetings. The Southwest Sees Signs of Fire Season Starting. Montana Wants to Shoot Down Drones Over Wildfires.

Spain's Wildfire Season has Started. Much of Europe Isn't Far Behind.

Alaska: Will the Land of Honey and Oats Order Crews Early Again?

Crew workouts for the Preseaon: Friendly competition is a good thing...

Firefighter Killed While Fighting a Wildfire in Virginia.

Everyone is Getting a Raise... We Just Don't Know How Much Yet.

Mid Week Brief: Congress Meets to Discuss Wildfires and the Impacts on the Nation.

Monday Morning Workout: Time to March into Fire Season

Weekly Wildfire Update: The 2022 Accident and Fatality Summary. Swamper Injuries Significantly Up and Fatalities Up on the 10-Year Average. Aviation Fatalities WAY Up.

It's that time... Pre-Season Boot Giveaway.

Fake Fire Shelters on the Market.

Spring Fire Season Kicks Off. Let's Look at the Predictions.

Dani Shedden of Close The Gap Wellness Joins Us. We Discuss Relationships Going Into the Fire Season and Communicating in Those Relationships. We also Talk Mental Health, Self Care, and the Big 3

Wildfire Aviation Companies Combine Forces to Create the United Aerial Firefighting Association.

Monday Morning Workout: Are You Ready?

Solar and Weather Geo Engineering: Can We Go Too Far?

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.

How a World Famous Chef is Feeding First Responders in Chile.

Podcast: Brian Crowley, Captain of Cañon Helitak. We Discuss Aviation, Search and Rescue, Brian's Experience Riding Out Wildfire in a Shelter, How That Affected Him and His Crew, and so much more.

Monday Morning Workout: President’s Day Circuit.

Weekly Wildfire Update: Chief Moore Admits 45% of the Workforce Left in the Last 3 Years. Wildfire Commission Releases Preliminary Findings and Recommendations for Fire Aviation and Staffing.

The Supt Series: Fred Thompson, Superintendent of the Helena Hotshots, Joins Me to Discuss All Things Wildfire.

Monday Morning Workout: Everyone Loves a Quickie...

The Springville Hotshot Family Needs Your Help.

Chilean Police Open Investigation into SEAT Crash and Pilot's Death After Gunshots Were Reported During the Operation.

My Interview with Dr. Robin Verble. We Discuss the Recently Released Report on Wildfire Dispatchers Around the Nation.

Report: Chile Issues Military Curfew Due to Wildfires Started by Radical Groups.

4 Members of Congress Try to Get to the Bottom of The Supplemental Pay Mess.

How Did They Survive?! Pilots Walk Away After Tanker Crash in Australia.

Monday Morning Workout: Legs, Core, and more...

Exclusive Interview: Local Chilean Firefighters Claim Eco-Terrorists are Behind Some of the Recent Wildfires.

Argentina and Spain Join the Fight in Chile as 191+ Active Wildfires Continue to Burn.

Helicopter Crash Reported in Chile While Operating on Wildfires.

Predictive Services Forecasts Increased Potential for Parts of the Southwest, Southeast, and Texas.

A Fantastic Conversation with J Gilmore. We Cover Her Career as a Firefighter, PIO, Fire Investigator, and the Important Work J is Doing in the Prevention World.

Monday Morning Workout: You'll feel better once it's done.

Weekly Wildfire Update: The Hotshot Superintendent AAR. We Cover Topics Discussed/Updates Given. Hotshot Pilot Programs, National Standardization, etc… Oregon Again Delays Wildfire Risk Map.

Sleeping Naked in the Woods. The Best Way, But Not Without Consequences.

The Supt Series: My Conversation with Ben Strahan, Eldorado Hotshot Superintendent. We Cover Fire Culture, Changes in the Wildfire World, Full Time Firefighting, Plant Medicines, Mental Health & more.

If You Think You're Not Doing Enough... You're Probably Not. Do a Self Assessment.

The Supt Series: A Conversation With Shawn Borgen, Superintendent of the Flathead Hotshots. With 30 Years of Wildfire Experience, Shawn Brings a Wealth of Knowledge to the Table.

Don't Forget to Hike... Monday Morning Workout.

Zen and the Art of the Spike Out Morning.

Wildfire Leadership in D.C. Have A Major F*cking Problem. They Also Have A Very Difficult Job…

Cardio and Calisthenics Day: Body Moving...

The Echo's of Calf Canyon\Hermits Peak Fire: New Mexico Introduces Bill to Ban Prescribed Fire. Huge Implications if Passed. Wildfire Arson Up 10% in California in 2022. CalFire Arrests 160 Suspects.

Why Was Supplemental Pay Stopped?

Podcast: New Law Passed That Allows Unlimited Military Transfer of Aviation Equipment to the States and Fed Agencies for Wildfire. Still Waiting for Pay... At What Point Do We Call it Fraud?!

The First Look at Springtime Wildfire Potential for 2023.

Monday Morning Workout: Starting 2023 with a Bang.

Single Engine Air Tanker (SEAT) Crashes While Battling Wildfire in Chile.