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I am just back home from working a couple of the big fires in the Southern Interior and want to share some initial reflections. I am a contractor and don’t belong to, or am obligated to, any organization so these are my observations and comments and mine only. I have been responding to emergencies and […]
Read MoreI am just back from working with a crew of loggers putting in control line with heavy equipment on a small fire in the Southern Interior. Once again, I am totally amazed at their versatility, perseverance, courage and productivity. They are often “the tip of the spear” of wildfire response but their value isn’t recognized […]
Read MoreI have received a lot of interest in my Wildfire Safety, Entrapment Avoidance and Burn-over survival training but am having trouble scheduling a session due to summer work season being well upon us. It sounds like we are in for some elevated fire activity and as stated previously, I am very concerned about an Entrapment […]
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