Granite Mountain Hotshots Disaster | One Foot in the Black | 5

2023/10/17

Against The Odds

Kyle Dickman

Kyle Dickman: 本人曾是特种消防员，后成为记者，对亚内尔山火灾进行了深入调查和报道。文章详细描述了特种消防员的工作内容、训练过程、以及在火灾现场的决策过程。作者回顾了自己作为特种消防员的经历，以及在2006年加州特里尼蒂阿尔卑斯山参与的一场大型火灾的经历，展现了特种消防员工作的危险性和复杂性。作者还采访了遇难消防员的家属，深刻体会到了他们的悲痛，并对亚内尔山火灾中特种消防员的牺牲进行了反思。作者认为，社会需要更多地意识到野火是一种自然现象，不能总是指望消防员冒着生命危险去保护房屋，同时也需要改进消防措施和风险评估，并呼吁人们更多地意识到居住在易燃地区所面临的风险。 Mike Corey: 作为访谈节目的主持人，Mike Corey引导Kyle Dickman讲述了亚内尔山火灾的经过、特种消防员的工作日常、以及事故发生后消防领域的改进。访谈中，Mike Corey与Kyle Dickman探讨了火灾中决策的复杂性，以及社会对消防员的期望与牺牲之间的矛盾。

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Kyle Dickman discusses his journey from being a college student to becoming a hotshot firefighter, driven by his father's encouragement and the thrill of the job.

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Kyle Dickman remembers the exact moment he learned about the fate of the Granite Mountain Hotshots. As a former firefighter and hotshot himself, the news hit him hard. He reported on the tragedy for Outside magazine, then spent the next two years researching and writing his book, On the Burning Edge: A Fateful Fire and the Men Who Fought It. Today, Kyle joins host Mike Corey to talk about the disaster and raise some tough questions about how wildland fires are fought.

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