We may be fighting wildfires all wrong
Firefighters should rethink how they battle wildfires.
That's according to environmental journalist Richard Manning who just wrote a piece in Harper's Magazine titled "Combustion Engines."
Manning tells KUOW's Bill Radke why he thinks states are spending way too much money to save too few homes.
And Aaron Schmidt, Fire Operations Chief for the Department of Natural Resources, describes how he trains dozens of National Guard volunteers to help fight wildfires.
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Casey Martin
Reporter
Casey Martin is a general assignment reporter who has covered everything from political protests to electric scooters. He is almost always out in the field where the news happens. Casey has reported on extremism, houselessness, politics and Seattle’s nightlife.
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Bill Radke
Host
Bill hosts Week In Review and Words in Review. After starting with KUOW as a University of Washington student in 1985, Bill was KUOW's morning host in the '90s and the creator of past show, Rewind, a news-satire show heard on KUOW and nationwide on NPR. Bill moved away to Southern California to host American Public Media's Weekend America and Marketplace Morning Report and returned to KUOW in 2012.
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