#firefighting — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #firefighting, aggregated by home.social.
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Canadair Super Scoopers are the coolest thing ever!!
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Hmm, well, that's an interesting new Merit Badge. 🤔
Wildland Fire Managementhttps://www.scouting.org/skills/merit-badges/digital-resource-guides/wildland-fire-management/
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Hmm, well, that's an interesting new Merit Badge. 🤔
Wildland Fire Managementhttps://www.scouting.org/skills/merit-badges/digital-resource-guides/wildland-fire-management/
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The EU's adaptation framework offers an illusion of preparation. Laying out plans for a 3°C drift average does not make it survivable. But it makes it seem so. 🧵
Europe is not even preparing for what happened recently!
In the pine plantations west of Bordeaux, firefighters met the first pyrocumulonimbus France has ever seen.
There was the largest firefighting mobilisation in EU history, and the destruction broke records anyway:
https://civil-protection-humanitarian-aid.ec.europa.eu/news-stories/news/eu-deploys-largest-ever-wildfire-response-2026-summer-2026-06-02_en#climatePolicy #adaptation #megafires #wildfires #plantations #forestry #climateDrift #climateChange #firefighting #firefighters #France #EUPol #policy
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The EU's adaptation framework offers an illusion of preparation. Laying out plans for a 3°C drift average does not make it survivable. But it makes it seem so. 🧵
Europe is not even preparing for what happened recently!
In the pine plantations west of Bordeaux, firefighters met the first pyrocumulonimbus France has ever seen.
There was the largest firefighting mobilisation in EU history, and the destruction broke records anyway:
https://civil-protection-humanitarian-aid.ec.europa.eu/news-stories/news/eu-deploys-largest-ever-wildfire-response-2026-summer-2026-06-02_en#climatePolicy #adaptation #megafires #wildfires #plantations #forestry #climateDrift #climateChange #firefighting #firefighters #France #EUPol #policy
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The EU's adaptation framework offers an illusion of preparation. Laying out plans for a 3°C drift average does not make it survivable. But it makes it seem so. 🧵
Europe is not even preparing for what happened recently!
In the pine plantations west of Bordeaux, firefighters met the first pyrocumulonimbus France has ever seen.
There was the largest firefighting mobilisation in EU history, and the destruction broke records anyway:
https://civil-protection-humanitarian-aid.ec.europa.eu/news-stories/news/eu-deploys-largest-ever-wildfire-response-2026-summer-2026-06-02_en#climatePolicy #adaptation #megafires #wildfires #plantations #forestry #climateDrift #climateChange #firefighting #firefighters #France #EUPol #policy
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The EU's adaptation framework offers an illusion of preparation. Laying out plans for a 3°C drift average does not make it survivable. But it makes it seem so. 🧵
Europe is not even preparing for what happened recently!
In the pine plantations west of Bordeaux, firefighters met the first pyrocumulonimbus France has ever seen.
There was the largest firefighting mobilisation in EU history, and the destruction broke records anyway:
https://civil-protection-humanitarian-aid.ec.europa.eu/news-stories/news/eu-deploys-largest-ever-wildfire-response-2026-summer-2026-06-02_en#climatePolicy #adaptation #megafires #wildfires #plantations #forestry #climateDrift #climateChange #firefighting #firefighters #France #EUPol #policy
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"...On June 27, members of the Rifle Interagency Helitack Crew spent the morning working on two fires burning in rugged red rock country on the Colorado-Utah border.....
Somewhere in the smoke below — at 3:19 p.m. — five firefighters did what every wildland firefighter trains to do: They deployed and scrambled under their fire shelters, bivouac-like sacks with an aluminum outer layer that reflects radiant heat — giving them a fighting chance in otherwise unsurvivable conditions.
Three of them died on the scene. Two were evacuated with serious burn injuries. And on July 24, one of them died from those injuries..."
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"...On June 27, members of the Rifle Interagency Helitack Crew spent the morning working on two fires burning in rugged red rock country on the Colorado-Utah border.....
Somewhere in the smoke below — at 3:19 p.m. — five firefighters did what every wildland firefighter trains to do: They deployed and scrambled under their fire shelters, bivouac-like sacks with an aluminum outer layer that reflects radiant heat — giving them a fighting chance in otherwise unsurvivable conditions.
Three of them died on the scene. Two were evacuated with serious burn injuries. And on July 24, one of them died from those injuries..."
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NPR: When tragedy strikes, America's wildland firefighters ask, was it 'somebody that we loved?'
https://www.npr.org/2026/08/07/nx-s1-5920418/firefighters-mourn-deaths-intense-wildfire-season
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NPR: When tragedy strikes, America's wildland firefighters ask, was it 'somebody that we loved?'
https://www.npr.org/2026/08/07/nx-s1-5920418/firefighters-mourn-deaths-intense-wildfire-season
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“I’ve spent over 50 years fighting fires, and I’ve watched this threat change beyond recognition,” said former Commissioner of Fire & Rescue NSW Greg Mullins.
“The fire seasons start earlier, burn hotter and run longer, because climate pollution from coal, oil and gas is heating the planet.”
Australia’s 2019-20 Black Summer disaster was one of the most catastrophic fire seasons in its history, killing 33 people directly, with an additional 417 deaths attributed to smoke inhalation.
Mr Mullins said that “in the six years since, we’ve added more pollution to the problem”.
“Governments that keep approving new coal, oil and gas projects are raising the risk of even worse fire disasters,” he said.
#wildfires #Australia #climateRisks #climateChange #firefighting #firefighters #fires #climatePolicy #AusPol
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“I’ve spent over 50 years fighting fires, and I’ve watched this threat change beyond recognition,” said former Commissioner of Fire & Rescue NSW Greg Mullins.
“The fire seasons start earlier, burn hotter and run longer, because climate pollution from coal, oil and gas is heating the planet.”
Australia’s 2019-20 Black Summer disaster was one of the most catastrophic fire seasons in its history, killing 33 people directly, with an additional 417 deaths attributed to smoke inhalation.
Mr Mullins said that “in the six years since, we’ve added more pollution to the problem”.
“Governments that keep approving new coal, oil and gas projects are raising the risk of even worse fire disasters,” he said.
#wildfires #Australia #climateRisks #climateChange #firefighting #firefighters #fires #climatePolicy #AusPol
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The Normalization of Wildfires and Innovative Solutions Needed
📰 Original title: This Is Not Just a Season. Why We Can’t Accept Global Fire
🤖 IA: It's clickbait ⚠️
👥 Users: It's clickbait ⚠️View full AI summary https://en.killbait.com/the-normalization-of-wildfires-and-innovative-solutions-needed.html?utm_source=mastodon_social&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=killbait.mastodon_social
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The smoke is so bad that a #firefighting #helicopter just flew past the side of my house, maybe 1000 yards away. I remember flying my helicopter from Wenatchee Heights about 6 miles down to the airport in bad smoke back in 2012. The airport AWOS claimed visibility 10 miles, but it was barely a quarter mile where I was. I took off and flu low level, staying within sight of the ground. (1/2)
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The smoke is so bad that a #firefighting #helicopter just flew past the side of my house, maybe 1000 yards away. I remember flying my helicopter from Wenatchee Heights about 6 miles down to the airport in bad smoke back in 2012. The airport AWOS claimed visibility 10 miles, but it was barely a quarter mile where I was. I took off and flu low level, staying within sight of the ground. (1/2)
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Non-pilots have absolutely no idea of the kinds of hazards they can cause to #firefighting aircraft with their #drones. As a helicopter pilot, I know that a drone strike to my tail rotor would take me out out of the sky and likely kill me. Drones can also hit (and break) aircraft windshields or get sucked into turbine intake ports.
It is against the law to fly a drone in a no fly zone for a reason. Don't be a selfish asshole! @wadnr https://bird.makeup/users/wadnr/statuses/2084449270636446049
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Non-pilots have absolutely no idea of the kinds of hazards they can cause to #firefighting aircraft with their #drones. As a helicopter pilot, I know that a drone strike to my tail rotor would take me out out of the sky and likely kill me. Drones can also hit (and break) aircraft windshields or get sucked into turbine intake ports.
It is against the law to fly a drone in a no fly zone for a reason. Don't be a selfish asshole! @wadnr https://bird.makeup/users/wadnr/statuses/2084449270636446049
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EuroNews: Europe's wildfires update: two helicopters collide while battling fire in Greece