The Hotshot Wake Up

Firefighters Robbed In Oregon While Assigned To A Wildfire. Permanent Wildfire Pay Solution Introduced This Morning. Forest Service announces hiring mess, offers rescinded.

June 28, 2024

00:52:00

New Mexico Fires Listed As Human-Caused For 48 Hours, Then Removed. Spokesperson Says It Was An Automated Error. Local Mayor says fires were intentional. Investigation continues.

June 21, 2024

00:45:01

The Wildland Firefighter Paycheck Protection Act, Where Are We With It? A conversation with NFFE Wildfire members, Max Alonzo, Andy Vanderheuel, and Steve Gutierrez.

June 15, 2024

01:23:00

Dr. Amber Ortega, AKA Dr. Smoke. A conversation about wildfire smoke with the leading air quality meteorologist, wildland fire smoke specialist, and atmospheric chemist.

June 3, 2024

01:24:08

Arson Charges Filed Against A Firefighter And Forest Supervisor After Vina Del Mar Fire Kills 137 In Chile. Southwest pops off, Blue 2 Fire grows in New Mexico.

May 26, 2024

00:47:21

A Conversation With Paul Petersen, The Executive Director Of The United Aerial Firefighters Association.

May 25, 2024

01:03:14

Mental Health In The Wildfire Environment With Dani Shedden

May 13, 2024

01:10:15

Canada Pops Off: Estimated Nearly 500k Acres Burned. Communications Systems Down Across Northern Canada. Region 3 Orders IMTs To Fires.

May 11, 2024

00:38:34

A Nationwide, Year Round Campfire Ban… A Good Idea Or A Ridiculous Virtue Signal? Also, Maui sues cellphone companies, and Oregon Utility company likely going bankrupt.

May 4, 2024

00:47:09

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

April 21, 2024

01:03:42

After 2 Years, The FEMA Director For The Hermits Peak\Calf Canyon Fire Relief Funds, Resigns. $4B of relief set to expire, Agency “Copied and Pasted” docs from 2000 Fire.

April 14, 2024

00:45:05

2 Firefighters Burned On Oklahoma Fire, Started As Controlled Burn. Also, Red Flags Now = No Power. Fortress Retardant loses contract after “environmentally safe” product eats aircraft tanks.

April 7, 2024

00:42:18

Weekly Wildfire Update: East Coast Pops Off, Multiple Teams Ordered. Washington State Scraps Wildfire Risk Map. Says the Maps are unreliable, but there's a lot more to this story.

March 23, 2024

00:48:11

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

Feb. 15, 2024

00:40:10

Fires in Chile: 64+ Dead. President of Chile\Governor: “These fires began in four points that lit up simultaneously.” "Could be intentional." Curfew ordered, authorities search for those responsible.

Feb. 4, 2024

00:34:31

The Story of The Beachie Creek Fire: Put It Out, Or Let It Burn? Both Have Consequences. Also, PG&E and the Dixie Fire trial. The settlement basically pays itself.

Jan. 27, 2024

00:48:01

Wildfire Contractors Accused of Bid Rigging in Idaho and "Drowning" the Competition. FBI Investigates After Wiretaps. Also, Hotshots and Ultra Marathons. A story about cardio and mental toughness.

Jan. 20, 2024

00:45:39

A Conversation With Bridger Aerospace Founder and CEO Tim Sheehy. Wildfire aviation, wildfire policy, and the history of Scoopers.

Jan. 5, 2024

00:39:15

Looking Forward to the 2024 Wildfire Season: A conversation with wildfire commissioner Kelly Martin.

Dec. 22, 2023

01:08:30

Tracking Firefighters, A Living IAP, Interactive Maps, and Live Fireline Progression. A Conversation with Fire Captain Andy Bozzo, Co-Founder of Tablet Command.

Dec. 11, 2023

01:15:59

The Ever Changing Story of Wildfire Has Confused the Public. Let's Get Back On Track.

Dec. 8, 2023

01:05:40

Prescribed Fire is Hazardous and Can Be Deadly. The Argument for Hazard Pay on RX Fire. Also, another entrapment in California and Hotshot injured in Tennessee.

Dec. 2, 2023

01:01:43

A Conversation With World Renowned Knife Maker Bill Harsey. Bill's knives are known around the world by special forces and high level operators.

Nov. 26, 2023

01:27:07

Canada's Record Wildfire Season. A Chat With Doug Cote. Doug is a former Yukon Smoke Jumper and current Wildfire Risk Management Specialist for Canada.

Nov. 16, 2023

01:06:09

A Conversation with Wildfire Commissioner and Firefighter Kelly Martin.

Nov. 5, 2023

01:21:43

Relationships and Wildfire: A Chat with Family and Relationship Counselor Destiny Morris. Also, the different struggles from both women and men in the industry.

Oct. 16, 2023

01:10:47

"A New Workforce," The New Catch Phrase. Fire AI Tech Companies Warn Forests Only Have 10 Years Left... Also, a wage funding update and thoughts on the current situation.

Oct. 14, 2023

00:40:02

Mental Health in the Off-Season: A Conversation with Dani Shedden of Close the Gap Wellness. Tips for wildland firefighters, first responders, and their loved ones.

Oct. 6, 2023

01:14:40

Senators Make a Last Stand For Firefighter Pay. Is Elon Musk Getting Into the Wildfire Industry? The looming shutdown and the Big Tech\Miliary marriage in wildfire.

Sept. 30, 2023

00:51:32

Governments Go All In On AI, And Abandon The Wildfire Workforce. Multiple Trees Strike Firefighters in the PNW. Also, California begs insurance companies to come back.

Sept. 24, 2023

00:59:01

A Roundtable Conversation with NFFE Firefighters Currently in D.C. A candid and honest conversation about where we are at with the Pay Cliff Legislation and more.

Sept. 15, 2023

01:12:46

Fire Tech Series: We Talk to Jason Forthofer of the Missoula Fire Lab. We discuss AI in wildfire, working with Google, and the importance of on the ground operational intel.

Sept. 10, 2023

01:02:17

Weekly Wildfire Update: A California Arson Investigation Leads to Murder Charges. FEMA Runs Out of Money, Blames Wildfires. The strange details developing in Maui, and a full operational update.

Sept. 3, 2023

00:50:01

The Story of the Elkhorn Fire: Deployment Sites, 9 Mile Runs, Evacuations, and Rafter Rescues. An incredible story from this Idaho fire. Also, pay cliff update and my thoughts on it.

Aug. 27, 2023

00:57:01

Weekly Wildfire Update: Hotshot Buggy Rolls Over, Full Report. Devastation in Washington. Looting happening in Evacuated towns in Canada. Maui update. Plus more.

Aug. 19, 2023

00:52:57

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

Aug. 13, 2023

01:02:01

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.

Aug. 5, 2023

00:48:18

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.

July 22, 2023

00:46:34

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...

July 16, 2023

00:52:23

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

July 8, 2023

00:46:47