Sitemap - 2024 - The Hotshot Wake Up

Forest Service "Pauses" Hiring While They Count How Many Employees They Have And How Much They Cost.

Are You Gunna Put Up A Tent Tonight?

The Pony Lake Entrapment: Stuck Engines, Burn-Overs, Saving A Bunkhouse, And When To Pop A Shelter…

Dude, Is This Flight Necessary?

A Wildfire Hiring Freeze?! Canada Calls In National Security Investigation Team For Pipeline Fire. Also, The Retardant Cover-Up.

Maui Fire Department Releases Official Timeline Of Events For The Deadly Lahaina Fire.

Forest Service Chief Randy Moore Testifies In Congress About Permanent Pay Increases and Retention.

Being A Wildland Firefighter During World War 3...

After 2 Years, The FEMA Director For The Hermits Peak\Calf Canyon Fire Relief Funds, Resigns.

The Community Helps A Chena Hotshot, And Alaska Legend.

The Deep Creek Canyon Fire Comes Back To Haunt Montana And The Forest Service. Power Companies And Helicopter Crashes.

2 Injured On New Jersey Wildfire. Likely A Human Caused Fire On National Park Service Land.

Do Some Dips And Watch The Eclipse.

2 Firefighters Burned On Oklahoma Fire, Started As Controlled Burn. Also, Red Flags Now = No Power.

Suspected Arsonist Arrested In Colorado, Georgia Firefighter Seriously Injured, Teams Called For Eclipse Mayhem...

Investigation Finds 56% Of Wildfire Vehicles Don’t Have Safety Inspections. Also, Did The Forest Service Lose Their Retardant Contract?!

Critical Training... Some Of You Could Make It, But Honestly, A Lot Of You Couldn't.

The First Real Look At Summer Wildfire Predictions.

Welcome To April: Let’s Start It Off Right

Fatality On Virginia Wildfire After Firefighter Collapses On Scene.

4 Dead In Mexican Wildfires, Including 3 Firefighters And One Police Officer.

Entrapment in Georgia And South Dakota, Both Prescribed Fires. Wildfire Commission Briefs Congress On Recommendations.

After Two Years... It's Almost Here.

Monday Morning Workout: Second Winter Is Coming... But Just For This Week.

Weekly Wildfire Update: East Coast Pops Off, Multiple Teams Ordered. Washington State Scraps Wildfire Risk Map.

The Public Needs To Ask, Do We Want Smokier Springs Or Smokier Summers?

FS Asks For $25M To Improve Employee Housing, $216M For Special Base Rate And Increased Prescribed Fire Pay.

Arizona Predicts Busy May\June Season. British Columbia Turns On AI Forest Monitoring System. Wildfire Fatality In Spain.

March Madness...

Colorado Firefighter Struck By Tree During Felling Operations. Sustained A Fractured Skull And Broken Vertebrae.

Forest Service Looks To Quickly Implement Hotshot Crew Recommendations.

Wyoming Already Burns More Acres Than All Of 2023. Hawaii Installs AI Powered Wildfire Surveillance On The Islands.

Monday Morning Workout: Spring Ahead.

Hotshot Buggy Involved In Traffic Accident In California.

Update: Congress Passes Wildfire Funding for FY 2024, Locking In Supplemental Wage Increase.

Man Caught Allegedly Destroying Wildfire Detection Systems In California:

Type 6 Engine Burned Over In Nebraska. Sawyer Struck By Tree In Texas. Crew Member Burned During Georgia Rx.

A Vicious Cycle: A Wildfire Starts, Power Company Sued, Insurance Canceled, State Bailouts.

Senate Committee Passes Bill To Fully Fund Wildland Firefighter Pay, And More.

March Up A Mountain: It's Good For You.

Just Set Up Dip Sites On Lake Superior...

It's Not A Head Fire... Until It Is.

Southern Area Moves to a PL3.

A Monster In The Panhandle: The Smokehouse Creek Fire Is Now The Largest Wildfire in Texas History.

Wildfire Runs 80+ Miles in Texas Becoming the 2nd Largest in History…

Monday Morning Workout: If You Haven't Got Off the Couch Yet, It's Time.

Update: Wildfire Agencies Planning a Budget Workaround to Keep the Supplemental Pay Going Through 2024.

Fire Season Has Started, and Congress Still Hasn't Paid Wildland Firefighters.

Structure Protection in the Wildland Urban Interface. Are We Doing It Wrong?

Have You Broken In Your Boots Yet?!

What Happened In California Yesterday?

Should Residents Be Allowed to Stay and Fight Wildfires? Rural Canadians Say Yes.

Presidents Day Workout: The Presidential Fitness Test.

Judge Allows Burn Boss Snodgrass to Travel for Wildfires.

Couple Charged in Death of Big Bear Hotshot Squad Boss, Charlie Morton, After Gender Reveal Starts Fire.

Five Firefighters Injured After Burnover In Australia.

Monday Morning Update and Workout:

The Forest Service Just Admitted They Are Broke.

Helping a Sierra Hotshot After Insurance Denies Coverage.

Chief Moore Responds to Arraignment and Charges Against Oregon Burn Boss.

Canada Wildfire Services Hits Record Applications and Recruitment. How Did They Do It?

Monday Morning Workout: How to Hike Better...

Boots for the Boots on the Ground:

Deadly Fires in Chile: 64+ Dead. President of Chile\Governor: “These fires began in four points that lit up simultaneously.”

Early Staging Assignments to the Northwoods Look Likely.

A Conversation with Rotor Founder and CEO Hector Xu About the Potential for Autonomous Flight on Wildfires.

Type 1 Prescribed Fires, Drone Divisions, and Private Burn Bosses Coming to a Region Near You.

Monday Morning Workout: The Last Workout of January.

Your Relationship Isn't a Mark III Pump, So Why Treat It Like One?

The Story of The Beachie Creek Fire: Put It Out, Or Let It Burn? Both Have Consequences.

Forest Service Raises Employee Rent Over 100%...

Lace 'em up, and Break 'em in.

Forest Service Warns Against Dirty NOMEX But Doesn't Mention PFAS Chemicals. KMAX Helicopters Sold in Consolidation Effort.

Fire Chief Severely Burned on a 12 Acre Wildfire in Chile.

2023 Injury, Accident, and Fatality Report Published.

Monday Morning Workout: Break Yourself Off, Or Someone Else Will.

Wildfire Contractors Accused of Bid Rigging in Idaho and "Drowning" the Competition. FBI Investigates After Wiretaps.

Congress Punts The Can Down The Road, Again…

Nova Scotia Man Charged For Starting Largest Wildfire in the Province's History.

Canadian Police Use Tracking Devices to Catch Arsonists. Oregon Bans Insurance Companies From Using Wildfire Risk Maps.

Single Engine Air Tanker Crashes In Chile After Clipping Power Pole.

The Forest Service Chief's Office Puts Out An Update On Retention And Recruitment.

Monday Morning Workout: When You're At The Top, You're Only Half Way There.

Wildland Firefighter Supplemental Pay Update:

Alberta By The Numbers:

Monday Morning Workout: "So, you wanna be on a saw?"

A Shotgun, a Wildfire, and $180,000...

Our First Glance at the 2024 Spring Wildfire Season.

The Nightmare Medical Extraction on the Anvil Fire in Oregon.

Monday Morning Workout: New Year Burner.