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Wildfire Preparedness in Alaska Moves To PL4, Nationally PL3 Along With Two Other Regions.

What's Inside The Proposal To Sell 1.5% Of Public Lands? I Cover This Plan To "Dispose Of" Millions Of Acres.

Alder Springs Fire In Oregon Rips 2,500 Acres As Emergency Conflagration Act Invoked, Again.

164 Structures Lost Due To The Rowena Fire In Oregon. Trout Fire In NM Doubles In Size.

3,300 Homes Evacuated In Oregon. SW And Great Basin Pop Off. Saskatchewan Arrest Multiple Arsonists.

Breaking: President Signs Wildfire Executive Order To Consolidate Wildfire Agencies, Along With Other Priorities.

A Big Week Ahead: Senator Tim Sheehy Of Montana Joins The Show To Discuss Updates On The USWFS, Wildfire Legislation, Overtime Proposals, And More.

USDA And DOI Secretaries Meet With President In The Oval Office On Wildfire: "This Proposal Will Unify The Wildfire Agencies."

15 Crews, 2 CIMTs, 1 Air Tanker, And 92 Single Resource Personnel Sent To Canada From The U.S.

Employees Who Took The Deferred Resignation Can Now Respond To Wildfires.

Fire In The Sky, Drones For Firing Ops And More: CEO Of Drone Amplified, Dr. Carrick Detweiler.

Entire Communities Lost As Wildfires Rip 1M Acres+ Overnight In Canada.

In A Historic Move, The USDA And DOI Align Budgets To Create The U.S. Wildland Fire Service.

The 2025 Summer Wildfire Season Outlook: June Is Here, And It Looks Like It’ll Be A Rammer.

Who's Going To Canada? 3 Hotshot Crews Reserved So Far, 2 More Awaiting Order. Wildfire Engine Burned Over In Idaho.

Canada Goes PL5: International Resources Requested\Mobilized. Nighttime Rescue Mission For Trapped Crew In Alberta.

Canada On Fire: "Investigating The Availability Of International Resources."

CEO Of Watch Duty, John Mills, Discusses Developing Wildfire Tech And The Future Of The Company.

An Honest, Straightforward, And Very Human Update From The Associate Chief Of The Forest Service

Forest Service Chief: Attack Fires Early, Fast, Go Direct, And Fully Suppress New Starts.

USDA And DOI Sign Joint Wildfire Memo. Sec. Rollins Directs Forest Service Wildfire Response In New Order.

FS Chief Schultz’s Letter Says Generational Change And Restructuring Coming To Agency.

Murder In California Leads To Arsonist's Arrest For The Markley Fire. B.C. Report Blames Aerial Ignitions For Entrapment.

23 Years As A Fire Wife: The Struggles And Joys Of Wildfire Relationships.

Firefighter Cancer Registry Reinstated And Once Again Actively Enrolling.

140+ Structures Already Lost In The Minnesota Fires, Sheriff Gives Cause For All 3 Fires.

National Guard Activated As Minnesota Fires Burn Over 20,000 Acres And 40+ Structures Lost.

Complex Incident Management Team Ordered To Minnesota, Multiple Wildfires Now The Brimson Complex.

The Timber Executive Orders: Former NEPA Assistant Director For The USDA, Sharon Friedman, Joins To Discuss The Orders.

Inconsistencies In Firefighters’ Paychecks As Back Pay Was Supposed To Be Included.

New Lawsuit In Montana Demands Forest Service Immediately Stop Using Fire Retardant.

IMTs, ADs, And Team Staffing.

A Beautiful Morning For Some Boots.

FS Chief: Temporary Measures Being Taken Ahead Of Agency Reshuffle. Congress Backs Wildfire EO.

The Fire That Won't Go Away...

California Tests Autonomous Black Hawk Bucket Ship Over Live Fire. PA Wildfire Fatality. Full Operational Update.

2025 Fire Season Already Above 10 Year Average For Both Acres And Starts.

Breaking: White House Budget Proposal Creates National Wildfire Service, Combining USDA And DOI Wildfire Management.

The Great Idaho Steak Debacle:

Southwest Starts Hotshot Crew Pre-Po As Fire Activity Increases. Nearly 75% Of Air Attack Platforms Currently Unable To Fly.

Canada And The U.S. Sign Wildfire Agreement. Wildfire Cancer Research And Tracking Reinstated?

Getting Through Critical 80 Healthy, Now What? Sustainable Wellness Through The Fire Season With Jessie Thomas.

Arson Charges Filed Against 19 Year Old In Connection To The 15,000 Acre Jones Fire In New Jersey.

Living In The Wildland Urban Interface: Insurance Costs Rising, Home Hardening, And Wildfire Risk Maps.

Idaho Governor Signs Wildfire And Forest Management Executive Order.

A Nightmare Waiting To Happen:

Southwest Braces For Fire Season As 65MPH Winds And 5% RH Descend On the Region. California Adds $170M For Fuel Mitigation.

Yes, There Is A Draft Executive Order For Wildfire. Here Is What's In It.

It Takes A Tragedy To Change Anything In Wildfire. The Grim Reality To Create A National Wildland Fire Agency.

The Forest Service Program That's Flying Under The Radar.

The Great Consolidation: New "Super Regions" Being Proposed For Wildfire Management.

Second Idaho Wildfire Contractor Pleads Guilty To Bid Rigging. Supreme Court Halts Reinstatement Of Probationary Employees.

Everything Is Changing, Except One Thing... Fire Season Always Shows Up.

New RIF Plan: Consolidating Regions And Forests, Moving Wildfire Division Out of Forest Service.

3 Teens Arrested And Charged For Starting The 15,365 Acre Table Rock Fire In South Carolina.

Monday Morning Update: New Regional Foresters Named. Silver Fire In CA Now 1,250 Acres. East Coast Update.

California’s Growing Fuel And Wildfire Problem. A Conversation With Zeke Lunder.

Sleeping In The Dirt... It Could Be Worse.

Largest Wildfire In South Korea's History Claims 27 Lives. Teen Arrested For Starting Montana Fire That Killed Seat Pilot.

It's That Time Of Year....

New Report Blames The Forest Service, Not Power Company, For the Oregon Labor Day Fires.

Human Lookouts V.S. The Robots... A 35 Year Veteran Lookout, Zeyn O'Leary, Gives His Perspective.

Oklahoma Fires Destroy 400 Homes, Injure 140+, And Cause 4 Fatalities.

Senate Passes Legislation Permanently Increasing Wildland Firefighter Base Pay.

The Continuing Resolution Deadline, Wildfire Pay, And Wildfire Legislation. Senator Tim Sheehy Joins The Show To Discuss It All.

Two Regional Foresters Step Down, Announce Departure At The End Of This Month.

House Passes Continuing Resolution That Makes Base Rate Increases For Wildland Firefighters Permanent.

USDA Announces Terminated Probationary Employees Will Receive Backpay, Return To Work Planned.

Here Is Exactly What's In The Continuing Resolution For Wildland Firefighters.

Continuing Resolution Vote Expected Tuesday. Funding Included To Make Wildland Firefighter Pay Increase Permanent.

Helping A Wildland Firefighter After An Unexpected Tragic Accident.

New Bipartisan Legislation Would Create A National Wildfire Response Standard.

Woman Arrested For Starting The 2,000+ Acre Covington Drive Fire In South Carolina.

The Senate Holds Wildfire Hearing Today: Terminations, Prescribed Fire, Forest Management, Pay, and NEPA Discussed.

Nearly 6,000 USDA Employees Have Their Positions Reinstated.

Mississippi Wildland Firefighter Fatality While Responding To Grass Fire.

All Signs Point To A Busy Start To The 2025 Fire Season:

California's Governor Declares A State Of Emergency To Expedite Wildfire Fuels Reduction Work.

Nebraska Pops A 50,000 Acre Fire. New Forest Service Minutes Discussed RIF, P-Cards, Retention Pay And More.

Breaking: New Forest Service Chief Announced. Tom Schultz Is The 21st Chief Of The Forest Service.

Over A Dozen Wildfire Bills Introduced In The Last Month: Here's What's In Them.

Forest Service Chief Randy Moore To Retire March 3rd.

Forest Service, National Park Service, And BLM Start Rehiring Some Probationary Employees Removed.

Golden Eagles Hotshot Justin DeMoss: The Hotshot Wellness Summit. Mental Health On And Off The Fireline.

"What Did You Do Last Week" Emails Go Out Agency Wide.

Los Angeles Mayor Removes LA Fire Chief This Morning Following The Palisades Fire.

USDA Cuts Over $100M In DEI Consulting Contracts.

Getting Fire Ready: JJ Shelley Discusses The Importance Of Nutrition, Sleep, And Health Awareness On The Fireline.

A Letter From The Inside: Unjustified Terminations.

Florida's Fire Season Is Here: Dr. Ludie Bond, PIO For The Florida Forest Service, Explains The Current Conditions On The Ground.

Supporting A Hotshot’s Family.

Update On The Positions Lost Over The Last 48 Hours. NPS, DOI, FS.

Navy Drops A Live Bomb 6 Miles Off Target, Starting A Wildfire In The Ocala National Forest.

High Level Resignations And Mass Layoffs Begin In The Forest Service Just 24 Hours After The Deferred Resignation Closes.

Judge Declines To Block Deferred Resignation For Federal Employees.

Forest Service Asks Firefighters To Track Their Smoke Exposure After The Palisades And Eaton Fires.

California's Insurance FAIR Plan Get's $1B Bailout After The Palisades And Eaton Fires.

"What's That Pink Stuff?" A Conversation With The Vice Chairman Of Perimeter Solutions, The Sole Retardant Contract Company With The USFS.

Today, The Department Of Agriculture Cut $9M in Contracts After DOGE Begins An Agency Wide Audit.

A New Wildfire Agency, Massive Grant Cuts, And A Hiring Freeze.

Breaking: New Bill To Combine All Wildfire Agencies Into One, Creating The National Wildland Fire Service.

Legislation Introduced To Create New Wildfire Office: The Wildfire Intelligence Center.

Judge Extends Deadline For Deferred Resignations After 60,000 Fed Employees Accept Offer.

California Insurance Companies Say System On Verge Of Collapse After Palisades And Eaton Fires.

USDA Provides Clarification On Deferred Resignations, Offers Binding Assurances.

Monday Update On Hiring And Prescribed Fire Freeze.

Hiring Freezes, Funding Freezes, Resignation Offers, And Hypocrisy. How We Got To Where We Are Today.

Forest Service Ordered To Remove All References Connecting Climate Change To Wildfires.

All Fed Employees Offered Resignation Package. 8 Months Pay And Benefits If Accepted.

Forest Service Chief Postpones All Employees Call Until New Leadership Is In Place.

Moving The Forest Service, A Wildland Firefighter Family Support Program, And Water Bombs.

Following Executive Order, The Bureau of Land Management And Forest Service Remove All DEI Programs.

Hughes Fire Morning Update:

How Yesterday's Executive Orders Will Affect The Wildfire Agencies.

Wildland Firefighter Paycheck Protection Act Reintroduced With Bipartisan Support.

John Gould: 10 Tanker CEO, Alaska Fire Service Manager, Head Of Air Operations For The BLM, And Longtime Smokejumper.

Orange County Fire Chief Brian Fennessy: What Needs To Change After These Historic California Fires.

Senator Tim Sheehy: After The Horrific Fires In California, We Need To Fix The Wildfire System To Support All Americans And Address Pay Issues For Our Firefighters.

California Wildfires: Major Weather Event Tomorrow Will Test The Incredible Progress Firefighters Have Made.

The Palisades Fire Origin: Investigators Are Looking At A Possible New Years Fire Holdover, Arson, And More.

LAFD Chief: City Officials Failed The City And The Department. Confirms Reservoir Was Empty And Department Wasn't Notified.

Citizens Tackle And Arrest Arsonist In California Near Kenneth Fire, Curfew Issued In LA Due To Looting, Canada Sends Huge Amount Of Resources.

Firefighting Aircraft Struck By Civilian Drone Over The Palisades Fire In California.

California Wildfire Update: Debunking Crazy Theories, What’s Actually Happening, And The Aftermath.

A California Firestorm: Nearly 100,000 People Evacuated Due To The Devastating Palisades, Eaton, And Hurst Fires.

After Glaring Gaps In Protection, Female Wildland Firefighters Now Covered For Reproductive Cancers And Others.

Horton Fire Grows To 3,598 Acres: 457 Firefighters Are Staffing The Arizona Incident As Firing Ops Continue.

First Fully Autonomous AI Lookout In Orange County Detects Wildfire In With No Human Intervention.

The Start Of The 2025 Fire Season: A CIMT And Nearly 400 Firefighters On An Arizona Fire.

Forest Service and Department of Interior Officially Give An Update On Pay, Hiring, Job Series, And RX Hazard Pay.

A New Wildfire Year: What Was And What Will Be.