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The FireTech Podcast
by Shefali J Lakhina
Welcome to the FireTech Podcast! Season 1: Innovating on the Frontlines (2024), delivers insights from innovators on the frontlines of the wildfire crisis in America. Host Shefali J Lakhina asks how innovation unfolds in public agencies tasked with wildfire preparedness, mitigation, response, and recovery. We speak with fire captains and operators from across the country to understand innovation cycles and early adopter perspectives on FireTech. The four episodes offer a deep dive into agency and user experiences with co-developing and deploying technology on the frontlines. We aim to spotlight what the innovation cycle looks like for boots on the ground and what kind of FireTech is useful, usable, and actually used on the frontlines of the wildfire crisis in America right now. Season 2: Partnerships on the Frontlines (2025), examines the emerging dynamics of public-private-people partnerships (4Ps) in building wildfire resilience. Through four conversations with community partners a
Episodes
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Partnerships on the Frontlines: Grand County and Flash Forest
The FireTech Podcast Season 2 (2025) examines emerging dynamics of public-private-people partnerships (4Ps) in building wildfire resilience. Through conversations with community partners and technical leads, host Shefali Lakhina examines how diverse partners cultivate trust, accountability, and...
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Partnerships on the Frontlines: COCO and Skeena Watershed Conservation Coalition
The FireTech Podcast Season 2 (2025) examines emerging dynamics of public-private-people partnerships (4Ps) in building wildfire resilience. Through conversations with community partners and technical leads, host Shefali Lakhina examines how diverse partners cultivate trust, accountability, and...
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Partnerships on the Frontlines: San Juan Islands Conservation District and Envisioning Labs
The FireTech Podcast Season 2 (2025) examines emerging dynamics of public-private-people partnerships (4Ps) in building wildfire resilience. Through four conversations with community partners and technical leads, we examine how diverse partners cultivate trust, accountability, and responsiveness…
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Partnerships on the Frontlines: Town of Paradise and Witching Hour
The FireTech Podcast' Season 2 (2025) examines the emerging dynamics of public-private-people partnerships (4Ps) in building wildfire resilience. Through four conversations with community partners and technical leads, we examine how diverse partners cultivate trust, accountability, and...
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Innovating on the Frontlines with David Green
In this episode, host Shefali Lakhina speaks with David Green, Principal Consultant at Green Resilience Insights, LLC. In this role David provides consulting for science and technology innovation, transition, and integration enabling foresight planning and strategy, risk management across…
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Innovating on the Frontlines with Frank Frievalt
In this episode, host Shefali Lakhina speaks with retired Fire Chief Frank Frievalt, now Director of Cal Poly's Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI) Fire Institute. Frank previously served as fire chief for the Mammoth Lakes Fire Protection District, division chief of operations for the Sparks Fire...
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Innovating on the Frontlines with Neil Chapman
In this episode, host Shefali Lakhina speaks with Neil Chapman, Wildland Fire Captain for the Flagstaff Fire Department and Summit Fire & Medical District, Arizona. We talk about Neil's wide ranging career in fire adapted land management over the years; how agencies are working together to…
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Innovating on the frontlines with Josh Wilkins
In this episode, host Shefali Lakhina speaks with Josh Wilkins, a seasoned fire captain and wildfire technology consultant with over 27 years of dedicated service at the San Bernardino County Fire Department in Southern California. Josh has managed and responded to numerous wildfires across the...
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The State of FireTech 2023 Survey and Annual Update
In this first episode, I set the stage for this mini podcast series by summarizing key trends and findings from the State of FireTech 2023 Survey and Annual Update. Download the 2023 report and summary here: https://www.wonder-labs.org/state-of-firetech.html and be sure to take the 2024 FireTech...
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Introductions!
This trailer introduces the aims of the Innovating on the Frontlines FireTech Podcast: a mini series that showcases how intrapreneurs within federal, state, and local agencies catalyze innovations. Join us on this learning journey!
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Welcome to the FireTech Podcast! Season 1: Innovating on the Frontlines (2024), delivers insights from innovators on the frontlines of the wildfire crisis in America. Host Shefali J Lakhina asks how innovation unfolds in public agencies tasked with wildfire preparedness, mitigation, response, and recovery. We speak with fire captains and operators from across the country to understand innovation cycles and early adopter perspectives on FireTech. The four episodes offer a deep dive into agency and user experiences with co-developing and deploying technology on the frontlines. We aim to spotlight what the innovation cycle looks like for boots on the ground and what kind of FireTech is useful, usable, and actually used on the frontlines of the wildfire crisis in America right now. Season 2: Partnerships on the Frontlines (2025), examines the emerging dynamics of public-private-people partnerships (4Ps) in building wildfire resilience. Through four conversations with community partners a
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Welcome to the FireTech Podcast! Season 1: Innovating on the Frontlines (2024), delivers insights from innovators on the frontlines of the wildfire crisis in America. Host Shefali J Lakhina asks how innovation unfolds in public agencies tasked with wildfire preparedness, mitigation, response, and...
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