Instead Of Telling Wildland Firefighters To "Make It Work," We Need To Help Them "Make It Work Better." Continued staffing and fleet issues. These are fixable problems.

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• Full operational update.

• Hotshot crews are still having issues securing the vehicles they need to operate at the level they are being asked to.

• Reports of dozens of Type 3 Engines that remain unstaffed.

• Canada cancels $106M wildfire satellite contract with American company. Trade war actions leaking into wildfire?

• Wildfire aviation fuel costs are on the rise, and concerns from wildfire CEO’s about a shortage.

• A rant about the irony of all the problems in wildland fire, including mental health, staffing, physical health, and the old trope of “make it work,” doesn’t help with these issues.

• Plus more.

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