How the U.S. battles forest fires and why more innovation is desperately needed

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As some of the largest wildfires ever rage in California, firefighting tactics remain stagnant. Innovation needs a boost to catch up with the rate at which the west is burning.

are raging across the west. Millions of acres have burned in California, Oregon and Washington. Smoke has reached as far as Europe.

Firefighters like Michael Seaton, who lost his home in the deadly 2018 Camp Fire, have worked more than a month straight. "So you're out on the line for two days and you're sleep deprived out there.

"How are we as a country spending our money? Are we going to have an F-35 dogfight with the Russians or the Chinese? Maybe, but the more likely thing is we're going to continue to burn our citizens over," said Graham Kent, a seismologist who runs a system of cameras that help quickly assess fires.For decades, firefighting has been slow to change. Now, Kent is among a handful of mostly small groups bringing new solutions to the way we fight, detect and prevent wildfires.

 

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“innovation” like letting people/businesses forage for dead wood ...and letting sheep, goat, cattle, horse, donkey, llamas, alpaca, etc forage on hills and mountainsides in spring/summer when vegetation is growing. Old fashioned is the solution.

You don’t need innovation to tend to the brush and dry wood that has accumulated on the forest floor due to neglect by California’s government.

Man made not climate change

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