I cover the story of The Elkhorn Fire.

This fire started on July 24th in Idaho and was an incredible incident.

A story of deployment sites, point protection, fast thinking, evacuating rafters, and overcoming adversity.

This is a fascinating story of stress and success in an unforgiving environment.

Pay Cliff and legislation update.

How slow is this fire season, and why it matters.

Plus more.

Full operational update.

The town of Medical Lake in Washington is devastated. Up to 184 homes were lost. 1 fatality was reported.

Paradise Montana evacuated, River Road East Fire jumps the Clark Fork River.

Lahaina, Maui update.

We cover the newly released report of the Hotshot Buggy that flipped over driving down the highway.

Looting happening in towns that have been evacuated due to wildfire.

We discuss how these crimes cause homeowners not to want to evacuate during disasters.

Plus more

The mass amount of ridiculous claims surfacing on the Lahaina fires in Maui, Hawaii, have taken over the internet. I got through these and destroy them.

I discuss what the likely cause is and how the events unfolded.

The Lahaina Fire is now the most deadly and devastating wildfire in United States history.

Full operational update.

Update on the Wildland Firefighter Paycheck Act.

Plus more.

Full operational update.

Very busy around the nation. Southwest moves to a Preparedness Level 4. New fires in the PNW and Northern Rockies. Texas and Colorado looking to be busy.

What is it like raising a family while a wildland firefighter? One Smokejumper and Hotshot’s story.

The challenges of work-life balance.

PG&E stops trimming trees around powerlines. Decides to cut the amount of lines it’ll bury.

The company says it will prioritize shutting power off instead because it’s cheaper…

Plus more.

Oregon and Washington both have major incidents currently.

The Newell Road fire went 30,000+ acres in 24 hours.

Montana and Idaho became active this week. Colt, Hayden, Bowles, and other fire updates.

Arizona and New Mexico still have numerous lightning fires. When Monsoons?

Lockheed Martin developing and testing Artificially Intelligent VR systems for IMTs. AI will offer suggestions on how to suppress the fires.

“The ultimate goal is to have fleets of unmanned systems to autonomously suppress wildfire while managed by IMTs in Virtual Reality.”

Plus more.

The wildfire season in the United States is here.

Oregon, California, and Idaho pop. The Flat Fire will be the first campaign fire in the West.

Full operational update.

Insurers in Florida pull out due to extreme weather and wildfires. As predicted…

The Oregon wildfire dilemma. The Wildfire risk map is back, along with The Council of 19.

Plus more.

Full operational update.

The Pacific Northwest sees multiple new fires. Arizona continues to burn. PL3 in the Southwest.

The State of Idaho says 50% of their wildfire workforce are first year employees.

Safety concerns arise.

An independent study says Nomex contains PFAS and PFAS-like chemicals.

We discuss this paper and what these chemicals are.

Plus more.

The pay cliff is now 12 weeks away. NFFE had a big week in D.C.

The Ambassador to Canada has signed a new Memorandum of Understanding with the Canadian government.

This will streamline intelligence sharing, satellites, drones, and cross-border operations. A huge step towards international wildfire response dispatching and cooperation.

Ontario is now asking citizens to report suspicious activity around new wildfire starts. Human-caused fires continue to be a problem. Not just in Alberta.

Yale University says cloud seeding will save the American West and reduce wildfires… interesting.

Full operational update.

Plus more.

The FBI arrests a California arsonist responsible for the 2022 Oak fire.

Over 197 structures and 20,000 acres were burned.

The Hotshot Community loses another young fit firefighter. Prayers to Jacob Metcalf’s family.

The DIO and USDA put out a joint statement on their “strategic wildfire funding plan.”

It includes a plan for wages, diversity, equity, and climate justice. My thoughts.

We are approaching the 10 year anniversary of Granite Mountain and the Yarnell fire. Have the promises been kept?

Full operational update.