2024 Wildfire Season

[childs56]

I think the most important question is, can the DHC 515 carry bombs and torpedoes.

yes, along with passengers, patients and supply's if required.

 

[daftandbarmy]

LA Mayor makes Trump look great...

LA Mayor, Trump argue over rebuilding after fires

President Donald Trump and Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass argued over the timing of when displaced residents can legally return to their properties to clear out debris after the recent fires.

www.foxla.com

 

[Cloud Cover]

Informative thread about Californias Incarcerated Fire Fighter program. I know we have a few corrections, parole and criminal justice professionals on these boards, I’d be interested in knowing if this is a program that could be available in Canada. Specifically the brush clearing work they do when not on fires and between fire seasons.

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[RangerRay]

Informative thread about Californias Incarcerated Fire Fighter program. I know we have a few corrections, parole and criminal justice professionals on these boards, I’d be interested in knowing if this is a program that could be available in Canada. Specifically the brush clearing work they do when not on fires and between fire seasons.

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There’s a good documentary on firefighting in California on Netflix that came out a few years ago and the prison firefighting program was a good chunk of it. It looked like a great program for low to medium risk offenders.

I think it used to be more common to use prisoners as firefighters or labourers here, but I think the courts or some other good idea fairy seemed it was cruel for prisoners to do any kind of labour. I could be wrong though. I do remember prison farms and highway cleaning crews were a thing not long ago, but not anymore.

 

[daftandbarmy]

There’s a good documentary on firefighting in California on Netflix that came out a few years ago and the prison firefighting program was a good chunk of it. It looked like a great program for low to medium risk offenders.

I think it used to be more common to use prisoners as firefighters or labourers here, but I think the courts or some other good idea fairy seemed it was cruel for prisoners to do any kind of labour. I could be wrong though. I do remember prison farms and highway cleaning crews were a thing not long ago, but not anymore.

Good article from a few years ago...

I hung out with the prisoners who fight California's wildfires

"It's more unity here than it would be in the yard because we've gotta work together."

www.motherjones.com

 

[Halifax Tar]

There’s a good documentary on firefighting in California on Netflix that came out a few years ago and the prison firefighting program was a good chunk of it. It looked like a great program for low to medium risk offenders.

I think it used to be more common to use prisoners as firefighters or labourers here, but I think the courts or some other good idea fairy seemed it was cruel for prisoners to do any kind of labour. I could be wrong though. I do remember prison farms and highway cleaning crews were a thing not long ago, but not anymore.

Colin's Bay Penitentiary in Kingston, Ont had a working farm. It was shut down a few years back, and I think it was Canadas last penal farm.

It was an interesting location as Kingston had grown up around it.

 

[Rifleman62]

Add the Grumman TBM Avenger to your list. Saw them operating while at Vernon Cadet Camp in 1962
Aviation Collection Visitors - Warhawk Air Museum

Grumman TBM Avenger​

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