Today on Firehouse – Ep. 13: Chad Costa on the 2020 Wildland Fire Season

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English - December 29, 2020 00:32 - 53 minutes - 122 MB - ★★★★ - 7 ratings
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Peter Matthews talks with Battalion Chief Chad Costa about working the front lines of 2020's devastating wildfires. Costa, from the City of Petaluma, CA, Fire Department, worked the the August Complex Fire - California's largest wildfire for several weeks. Costa explains decision-making at wildland incidents and the importance of communications in incident action plans. He also shares what happened when 2017's fires threatened his wife and children as he worked another incident.