We did it on our own. A lot of people were gathering money, equipment, tools, food and other supplies for volunteers. It was real mobilization by society. For example my mom sponsored with the chainsaw for our group. My friend sponsored with radio stations so it was like this. Amazing." So how did you actually fight the fire? Were you just there with like buckets of water or what? And no of course not the forest fire. Mostly suppressed by food troops, by digging and burning"
553. Fighting Wildland Fires with Benny the Russian Firefighter
Talking to firefighter Anton Beneslavsky (aka "Benny") who works as the leader of an international fire fighting project. We talk about becoming a firefighter, the work that he’s doing with Greenpeace around the world and the very serious threat of climate change.
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