Experts say the combination of extreme dryness, soaring temperatures and hotter, faster wildfires is putting first responders at increasing physical risk — and the problem will likely get worse in the years to come.
Evacuations have been ordered for Paradise Mobile Home Park as firefighters work to build a containment line.
During California’s record-breaking 2020 fire season, about 42% of the state’s population — roughly 16.5 million people — were exposed to a combination of extreme temperatures and high concentrations of fine particulate matter from wildfires at least once, his study found. Officials at the Route fire Thursday said the injured firefighters had been released from the hospital and were recovering. But they also described working conditions that would be challenging under even the best of circumstances: Firefighters wear flame-resistant shirts, jackets and dark pants and carry heavy gear that includes their drinking water, portable fire shelters and tools such as chain saws and shovels, according to Ewald.
“Add to that being in the direct sunlight, add to that that they’re kind of bundled up so a lot of the heat that would evaporate ... is trapped,” he said. “People can go from feeling pretty good to feeling pretty bad in a short period of time.”
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