Record Wildfires In Nebraska, Big Fires Burn In South Dakota, And The Southwest Is Next. The Morrill Fire Nears 600,000 Acres. Fire season is fully underway.
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The episode discusses the record wildfires in Nebraska and South Dakota, the challenges faced by fire management teams, and the implications of climate conditions on fire outbreaks.
On Today’s Show: To Subscribe And Support: https://thehotshotwakeup.substack.com/ Wildfires in Nebraska have burned nearly 700,000 acres this week, with the Morrill Fire now the largest in the State’s history. Full update. South Dakota got a wake-up call with the Qury Fire, now 7,200 acres. The fire’s management has already expressed a shortage of aviation resources due to the ongoing fires in Nebraska. The Southwest is expecting a critical fire weather event pushing in early this week, with temperatures above 100 degrees. Fire managers and Incident Management Teams are prepping for a possible wildfire outbreak. Elected officials in Colorado sent a letter to Forest Service Chief Tom Schultz, asking for more prescribed burns and forest mitigation work due to concerns over record-low snowpacks. But asking Agencies and Firefighters to put more fire on the ground in these conditions is a big ask… and still no hazard pay for these increasingly hazardous operations. A full discussion on this. When do you declare an escaped burn a wildfire? A new report from the Klamath National Forest. Plus more. THE HOTSHOT WAKE UP — Thank you to all of our paid subscribers. Your support allows us to…
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