Lindon Pronto

Senior #Wildfire Management Expert @efiresilience. 20yrs in #firefighting, intl. #fire #management & #policy support w/experience in 25+ countries. Views my own

[Lindon Pronto @AnotherFireGuy]

Very pleased to share the results of this study commissioned by @PolicyREGI Committee of the @Europarl_EN

"#Forest #Fires of Summer 2022: Lessons to Draw from the Cohesion #Policy Response" - the study evaluates Cohesion Policy funding and EU mechanisms like @eu_echo to ensure wildlife and nature conservation, prevent and tackle forest fires, and secure rapid economic recovery.

Thank you to my co-authors and the many who contributed through surveys and interviews!

Link to full study: https://t.co/AppCi8O6gc

Link to Executive Summary: https://t.co/A2kS7cJwny

Link to At-A-Glance: https://t.co/J0Ca3PFp1x

[Lindon Pronto @AnotherFireGuy]

@vonderleyen Give me €300M… about the cost of 5-6 Canadairs, and I will change this equation in the next 36months

[Sky News @SkyNews]

"We are putting an impossible burden on responders, to expect them to be able to deal with fire of this intensity and this speed."

Former firefighter Lindon Pronto tells ��SkyYaldaHakim communities must take on individual responsibility to reduce fire damage - such as considering what building materials they use.

But he said it's the "lack of institutional support" that prevents them from working together.

🌍 https://t.co/rB90Nphn29

[IAWF @IAWF]

Wildland firefighters are increasingly being called to fight wildfires in urban environments. @AnotherFireGuy Lindon Pronto challenges our current approaches to fighting fires in Wildfire Magazine Special Edition: #LAFires #wildfire https://t.co/IMgYBIOo0t

[Lindon Pronto @AnotherFireGuy]

Fantastic training boot camp, looking forward to the next edition!!

[Jesús Morcillo i Julià @magdeterramar]

Back home after a great time delivering training & spreading the word on Wildland Firefighting. For the 2nd year, @PauCostaF supports the #ProIZS Czech Wildfires Academy, helping firefighters adapt to the evolving fire-climatic reality. 150 firefighters from 🇨🇿 & 🇸🇰 took part.

[Jesús Morcillo i Julià @magdeterramar]

With my colleague @AnotherFireGuy, already participating in the #CzechWildfireAcademy for the second time.
We are delivering the extensive course on fire behavior. Soon getting ready to welcome the participants at our stations. #handsOn
@PauCostaF #ProIZS

[Amnesty International @amnesty]

German authorities must stop their crackdown on speech and protests and the discriminatory restriction of freedom of expression and peaceful assembly.

#ProtectTheProtest ✊

[Lindon Pronto @AnotherFireGuy]

In addition to all the great contributions swirling about, here is something that I have not seen much discussion on:

Wildfires in cities: An operational gray zone https://t.co/muFbCyQ0Ig

It’s the jurisdiction of urban fire departments – but we rely on wildland firefighters to get the job done. While we don’t expect a smokejumper to run into a burning building, we do expect urban fire departments to effectively tackle the most complex and extreme wildfires.

#wildfires #firefighters #LosAngelesFires

[Jason Randolph @HurricaneJasonX]

Ring camera footage of the Eaton Fire as it ravaged entire neighborhoods. This gives you a good view of how easily and rapidly the fire spread. Embers travel far out from the main fire, causing exponential spread.

🎥 from 205Fire on IG

[Lindon Pronto @AnotherFireGuy]

Does @KimKardashian also want higher pay for #federal #wildland #firefighters like for #hotshot crews currently preventing #fires from reaching the next neighborhood while making a little as $13/hr?! Maybe a story on this & the 40% firefighter pay cut in March? @latimes #LosAngelesFire

[Los Angeles Times @latimes]

Kim Kardashian wants higher pay rate for inmate firefighters: 'I see them as heroes' https://t.co/7rS24qlT90

[Lindon Pronto @AnotherFireGuy]

Lots of talk about #prisoner #firefighters (great program) & private firefighters making $2,000 /hr but why is no one talking about #federal #wildland firefighters like #hotshots making as little as $13 /hour?!
Lets talk about that @newyorkpost @CNN @NBCNews @politico @nytimes @YahooNews @guardian @BBCWorld

[New York Post @nypost]

LA millionaires shell out for $2,000-an-hour private firefighters as overwhelmed city abandons neighborhoods to the flames
https://t.co/aUFZvjA3iU

[European Forest Institute (EFI) @europeanforest]

🔥@dwnews spoke to our wildfire expert Lindon Pronto, who began his career as a Wildland Firefighter in California, on why the fires have been so devastating and so hard to stop.

@AnotherFireGuy @efiresilience

https://t.co/aj6MjOfkFe

[Lindon Pronto @AnotherFireGuy]

Going to be a long night

California wildfires live updates: New blazes erupt as crews battle Palisades Fire https://t.co/1SYeh8DeJS via @nbcnews

[Lindon Pronto @AnotherFireGuy]

As it may, but don’t overlook essential federal employees like #wildland #firefighters under @fo@forestservice, @BureauIndAffrs @USFWS @US_NPS, @BLMFire and @DeptofDefense who show up even when others are furloughed and they don’t get paid. They also often work 112hrs per week to protect communities etc.

[Lindon Pronto @AnotherFireGuy]

@ShaykhSulaiman Didn’t Tulsi sign bombs that were dropped on Palestinians?!!

[sarah @sahouraxo]

Israel is literally wiping out apartment buildings in Beirut tonight.

Let that sink in—residential buildings full of Lebanese families.

In what universe is this considered “self-defense”?

[Assal Rad @AssalRad]

Israeli media is talking about Israel abandoning hostages with plans to *annex* Gaza, where are these stories in Western media?

[Assal Rad @AssalRad]

There will be history books about this and the people who knowingly let it happen.

[Lindon Pronto @AnotherFireGuy]

@UN_News_Centre Is there precedent for UN peacekeepers being attacked by a country’s military? (As opposed to a faction or armed group)

[Lord Bebo @MyLordBebo]

🇮🇱🇱🇧 IDF bulldozing Qassam Soleimani park in Maron al-Ras, Southern Lebanon

As in Gaza, the IDF is bulldozing things without strategic value, but just to destroy the existing infrastructure, or monuments or just for symbolic value.