Press Play with Madeleine Brand
How can we modernize firefighting?
Eighteen wildfires are scorching California today, with the Mendocino Fire on pace to become one of the largest in state history. But firefighters are using tools that haven’t changed in half a century.
By Madeleine Brand • • 1 min readEighteen wildfires are scorching California today, with the Mendocino Fire on pace to become one of the largest in state history. But firefighters are using tools that haven’t changed in half a century. We look at new technology to fight the fire danger in California.
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The full episode
1 of 5Does firefighting technology need an update?- 0:00How can we modernize firefighting?You’re reading this
- 8:24Will reinstating sanctions against Iran better block their path to nuclear weapons?
- 15:39Two court cases could set up conflicting orders on the fate of Dreamers
- 23:26Undocumented immigrants find a new life along a well-tread alternative route to Canada
- 31:57The wild story of a cult leader's utopian city in the Oregon desert