Mastodawn

Ah, nothing like a good ol' botched attempt to read about Nebraska ranchers fighting fires, only to be blocked by Cloudflare's digital fortress 🙄🔥. Because who doesn't love a security service that protects you from the dangerous act of... reading articles? 🤷‍♂️🔒
https://www.farmprogress.com/forage/nebraska-wildfires-leave-ranchers-scrambling-for-forage #NebraskaRanchers #CloudflareBlocked #FireFighting #NewsReading #DigitalFortress #HackerNews #ngated

Nebraska wildfires leave ranchers scrambling for forage

Historic wildfires scorch 701,000 acres in Nebraska, killing one woman, displacing cattle herds and leaving ranchers scrambling for feed and recovery help.

Farm Progress

راديو وياك | RadioWayak 23h ago

عمليات #المسح و#البحث و#إطفاء #الحرائق مستمرة في #عراد.
#Survey, #search, and #firefighting operations continue in #Arad.

Nikolas Kozloff 2d ago

Time for #firefighting #donkey 🫏🐴 battalion https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/article/donkey-firefighters-wildfires-spain #animals #wildlife #conservation #spain #Climate

Meet the ‘firefighting’ donkeys of Spain

Known as Doñana’s Firefighting Donkey Battalion, this unit is responsible for preventing wildfires in parts of Spain—all thanks to their seemingly bottomless appetites.

Animals

Peter 3d ago

Our PhD-student daughter's thesis work has now caught the eye of the bosses of the state's volunteer and paid fire service community engagement people. Both have asked for meetings. One is offering a full funding.

As a girl who dropped out of high school in disgust at 15, she is now an adult shitting herself. Her words 😂.

Her practical background is 10 years as a volunteer firefighter. Her education is BPsy(Hons).

We couldn't be more proud.

#Australia #FireFighting #Education #University

datum (n=1)5d ago

RE: https://flipboard.com/@blackpressmedia/campbell-river-r21gqhcoz/-/a-esBT2ZP9QZKs-S0JsR0dow%3Aa%3A3177150469-%2F0

BC hiring 200-250 firefighters [1]
BC expects over 1,500 wildfires [2]
BC lost about 2,200,000 acres of forest to wildfire last year[3]

So that's

1 firefighter per 6 fires, or
1 firefighter per 10,000 acres burnt.

Oh, and don't @ me about full-time firefighters: "The B.C. Wildfire Service also has about 600 year-round staff, though the seasonal workers do most of the on-the-ground firefighting."[1]

[1] "2,400 apply for 200-250 firefighter jobs as B.C. gears up for wildfire season" https://campbellrivermirror.com/2026/03/16/2400-apply-for-200-250-firefighter-jobs-as-b-c-gears-up-for-wildfire-season

[2] the "average, taken from 2014 to 2024, is 1,527 wildfires" https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/safety/wildfire-status/about-bcws/wildfire-statistics/wildfire-averages

[3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_Canadian_wildfires

#CDNPoli #BC #BCPoli #firefighters #firefighting #wildfires

Steve Henderson Fine Art Mar 13

I send thanks to the buyer from Texas who purchased a framed print of

Firefighter -- https://fineartamerica.com/featured/firefighter-steve-henderson.html?product=framed-print

May the artwork inspire you to do great things.

#art #artwork #mastoart #fediart #buyintoart #ayearforart #firefighter #fire #firefighting #profession #sale #orange #inspirational #motivational #sale #decor #gift #work #job

AnneTheWriter Mar 11

Bonus #DadJoke
Q: What word starts with an F and ends in "-uck"?
A: Firetruck.

(It's #HootinTootinTuesday again! Post some jokes or funny memes under this hashtag today, and bring lots of smiles to #Mastodon.)

#Humor #Humour #FunnyMeme #Puns #DadJokes #FireFighters #Firemen #Pun #FireFighting #Firetrucks #Firetruck

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Richard Michael Blaber Mar 10

"When #refineries, #fuel depots, or storage facilities burn or rupture, #petroleum products, toxic residues, & #firefighting #chemicals can seep into #soil, drain into #rivers & #canals, & eventually contaminate #groundwater. The result is not just less #water, but dirtier & more dangerous water."