Bringing Wildfire Public Information Into the Modern Era with Noah Baker

About this episode

The episode discusses modernizing wildfire communication with expert Noah Baker.

Today's episode is about our favorite topic of all: wildfire information! Guest Noah Baker—the Wildfire, Climate and Community Health Specialist for the City of Flagstaff—guided us through the social science behind communicating about wildfire, the ways in which we need to modernize our communication pathways with the public and why it has never been more important for wildland firefighters to talk about their work.

People in this episode

Host: Amanda Monthei

Guest: Noah Baker

Topics covered

• wildfire information
• communication
• social science
• public safety
• climate change

Keywords

• wildfire
• communication
• social science
• public information
• climate
• community health

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: City of Flagstaff

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