Weekly Wildfire Update: Operational Update. Idaho Claims 50% of Their Firefighters are First-Year Employees. Do Nomex Contain Toxic Chemicals? PFAS and Wildfire Clothing. episode artwork

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Weekly Wildfire Update: Operational Update. Idaho Claims 50% of Their Firefighters are First-Year Employees. Do Nomex Contain Toxic Chemicals? PFAS and Wildfire Clothing.

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On Today’s Show: https://thehotshotwakeup.substack.com/ Full operational update. The Pacific Northwest sees multiple new fires. Arizona continues to burn. PL3 in the Southwest. The State of Idaho says 50% of their wildfire workforce are first year employees. Safety concerns arise. An independent study says Nomex contains PFAS and PFAS-like chemicals. We discuss this paper and what these chemicals are. Plus more. THE HOTSHOT WAKE UP - Thank you to all of our paid subscribers. It allows us to donate generously to firefighter charities and supports all the content we provide. You also receive all of our article archives, more podcast episodes, Monday morning workouts, entered into our giveaways, recipes, and more.

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