The Hotshot Wake Up

On today’s Weekly Wildfire Update: Full Operational Update. Oregon and Nor Cal pop off. Managed fires everywhere! Dragon Firefighters Finds Evidence in Missing Person Case from 2014. How Many People Disappear in Forests Each Year? More than you think. A New Stadium Sized Fire Surveillance Balloon. New Tech tested on the Moose Fire in Idaho. PANIC: Get Rid of It. We have a conversation about panic and how to avoid it. Is panic increasing in society? The Collin Hagan Memorial. A very sobering ceremony. Plus more. THE HOTSHOT WAKE UP - Thank you to all of our paid subscribers. It allows us to generously donate to firefighter charities and supports all the content we provide. https://thehotshotwakeup.substack.com/

On This Weekly Wildfire Update: Full Operational Update. A slight lull in US wildfire activity. Drying trend returning. Europe has a very busy week. Nasa Funds a New Drone for Resource Tracking on Wildfires. They want to integrate an Interactive Chat and Video platform that can also predict column movement. Problems With Coal Seam Fires. Whether it’s the Dakotas, Montana, or Russia coal seam fires can be problematic or benign. New mapping systems are being requested. A tragedy in Oregon. There was a fatality on the Big Swamp Fire. News that no one wants to get. Plus more. THE HOTSHOT WAKE UP - Thank you to all of our paid subscribers. It allows us to generously donate to firefighter charities and supports all the content we provide. https://thehotshotwakeup.substack.com/

On This Week’s Weekly Wildfire Update: Region 6 Pops, R1 Rips, and Texas burns. Also British Columbia fires and the McKinney in Nor Cal. Are Environmentalists Making Wildfires Worse? The Environment Research Center in Bozeman Montana says yes. Litigation, delays, and confusion is roadblocking projects and prescribed burns. New Clunky Respirators for Wildland Firefighters. What do they look how, how do they work, and will they be mandatory? Airbus says they have created a new Tanker for wildland fires. Drones being ordered to California fires. Plus More. THE HOTSHOT WAKE UP - Thank you to all of our subscribers. It allows us to generously donate to firefighter charities and supports all the content we provide. https://thehotshotwakeup.substack.com/

On today’s Weekly Wildfire Update: Southern Area and Texas Heat Wave. Montana Looks Ready with multiple new starts. Idaho Getting Busy with dry lighting storms, and is Russia on Fire. Why is August Dirty? We Discuss the Reasons and the Pros\Cons of the phenomenon. How can we harness the power of dirty August without is destroying us from within. The Forest Service starts canceling prescribed burns. With the prescribed burn ban in place advocacy groups have started to overturn already approved burns. How far will this go? What happens next? Plus More. THE HOTSHOT WAKE UP - Thank you to all of our subscribers. It allows us to generously donate to firefighter charities and supports all the content we  https://thehotshotwakeup.substack.com/provide. 

On this Weekly Wildfire Update: Full Operational Update. We cover all the major incidents, wilderness fires, and fires in Canada and Europe. The Washburn Fire Refused Retardant Drops During IA, Why? New reports have come out saying tankers were told not to drop when overhead the Washburn fire during the first hours. We discuss why. New Legislation Includes Tim Hart Act. Multiple Aviation Crashes This Week. What Happened, how it happened, and why. Sheriffs Office Confirms Crashes in New Mexico and Idaho. Plus more… THE HOTSHOT WAKE UP - Thank you to all of our subscribers. It allows us to generously donate to firefighter charities and supports all the content we provide. https://thehotshotwakeup.substack.com/

On this Weekly Wildfire Update: Utah, Alaska, Yosemite, and Europe Burn. A very busy week all around. Rent might be suspended at Forest Service Housing, HUGE Housing Updates. Told to bulldoze bad housing, immediately build more. New Retirement Bill Passes House. Montana Senator gets bill through the House. FBI Joins the Wildfire Fight. Drones Drones Drones… Plus more THE HOTSHOT WAKE UP - Thank you to all of our subscribers. It allows us to generously donate to firefighter charities and supports all the content we provide. https://thehotshotwakeup.substack.com/

On this Friday’s Weekly Wildfire Update: Space Force Facility Threatened by the Clear Fire. The Yukon Burning Like AK. HISTORY MADE, First Ever Short Haul Insertion. Plus, Firefighter Climbs into Bucket for Extraction, would you? And The NEW Wildfire Commission. The policy makers for wildfire for the next decade. THE HOTSHOT WAKE UP : Thank you to all of our subscribers. It allows us to generously donate to firefighter charities and supports all the content we provide.

On this episode of The Weekly Wildfire Update: Great Basin Ready, Nor Cal Ready, Alaska is on Fire... Full Operational Update. Remembering Granite Mountain Hotshots, Personal Opinions on the Matter and what we can take away from this tragedy fire. PTSD in Wildfire. How it’s effected me and others. Fireworks Are Not Evil...Right? Mount Rushmore cancels another fireworks show. What I think. THE HOTSHOT WAKE UP : Thank you to all of our subscribers. It allows us to generously donate to firefighter charities and supports all the content we provide. https://thehotshotwakeup.substack.com/

On this week’s Weekly Wildfire Update: Alaska Pops Off, California & Utah Join the Show. Teams sent to Alaska, Southwest slows down. The Hermits Peak Report... What Went Wrong? We cover this report and give out thoughts on the findings. Cal Fire loses 10% of Their Staff. Long hours and less staff is causing metal stress for their workforce. Will the Supplemental Payments Help Retention? We ask firefighters if it will help. Plus More. THE HOTSHOT WAKE UP - Thank you to all of our subscribers. It allows us to generously donate to firefighter charities and supports all the content we provide. https://thehotshotwakeup.substack.com/

On this week’s Weekly Wildfire Update: Southwest, Alaska, Cali, the Pipeline Fire. Are Crews Being held? Did Randy Moore Lie to Congress? Full Pay Update, Announcement Coming. Chief Moore has a lot of explaining to do. PG&E Plead Not Guilty for the Zogg Fire Deaths... Corruption? Minimal fines and not much justice. We also Cover the Calf Canyon Communication Nightmare. Four days of zero coverage… cause issues with a medical Evac. Plus more. THE HOTSHOT WAKE UP - Thank you to all of our subscribers. It allows us to generously donate to firefighter charities and supports all the content we provide.  https://thehotshotwakeup.substack.com/