Unless we can turn back time, the genie is out of the bottle. Personally I use a mix of old school and new high tech in what I do and how I teach my FF. Having been through 2018 and the fatalities that occurred here are my take away.
- The accident that involved HFEO Varney was known about on Twitter approx 2hr after it occurred due to AFF and “Track Logs” I was Personally contacted by multiple people asking of I was alright 1st and who it was 2nd. I reached out ans knew the truth in 10min & kept it quiet for 4hr.
- Then when the tree fell on the same fire, I listened to it live. Found out who the crew was and had the unfortunate task of notification to a peer back home because 1 of my FF was on that crew the year before. We were able to get this person the help needed early.
- The tree strike Fatality on the Mendo Complex was the 3rd. I listened to that go down live as well. The Br Director I was working for had us do a safety Stand Down and all resources were told “go find cell service and notify loved ones you are okay”
If we try and hide it, it will get out anyways. Don’t believe me go watch STRINGERS. It’s human nature, “If it Bleeds it Leads”
What Zeke has done with commercially available information that is available at ones fingertips, in the palms of ones hands is seperate fact from fiction. He is a SME of the 1st order when it comes to GIS. Couple that with his history and back ground, nothing short of amazing to get high quality intelligence out like this.
Thank you @pyrogeography