005. Guest interview with Leum Elvins, BC wildland firefighter
Path and Focus
English - July 15, 2021 20:28 - 20 minutes - 18.9 MBEntrepreneurship Business technology entrepreneurship wildfire Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
[00:00:24] World, meet Leum Elvins
[00:01:57] Leum describes how rapattack personnel are deployed onto a fire
[00:04:21] So, what do the helicopters do after they drop the firefighters off?
[00:05:54] We learn about all the other gear the crews are dropped off with at the top of the mountain
[00:07:32] Once they're deployed and dropped off... then what?
[00:10:42] Why are rappel firefighters even a thing?
[00:12:18] Leum teaches us about burn operations
[00:13:33] We talk about how the red book is used, by whom and why?
[00:14:26] If/when a firefighter references the red book, what will it tell them
[00:15:59] What are some drawbacks to the way the red book works?
[00:16:13] Ever wondered how you calculate the way a fire will burn up a slope?
[00:17:55] Leum shares what value he sees in digitizing the red book
[00:19:08] We get an example of how the red book doesn't always get it right
[00:19:51] Goodbyes