Unacceptable Risk – Firefighters on the Front Lines of Climate Change from waldo Watch Video

⏲ Duration: 7 min 31 sec
✓ Published: 23-Jan-2015

Description:
“On a day-to-day basis, we’re being surprised. And in this business, surprise is what kills people.” So says Don Whittemore, a career firefighter who has battled many of Colorado’s epic fires over the past two decades. The Story Group recorded the experiences of Whittemore and other firefighters who are repeatedly responding to record-breaking wildfires. Human-caused climate changes are transforming Colorado’s fire environment, bringing higher temperatures, drier fuels, and diseases to