Lindon Pronto

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: lnkd.in/dhF5GaWE Link to Executive Summary: lnkd.in/dhbPeEt3 Link to At-A-Glance: lnkd.in/ddhCwn8G

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 ow.ly/zLsK50VNmWz

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

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

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

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 linkedin.com/pulse/wildfire… 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

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

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

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

🔥@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 youtu.be/tKRkRfv9tdw?si…

Going to be a long night California wildfires live updates: New blazes erupt as crews battle Palisades Fire nbcnews.com/weather/wildfi… via @nbcnews

As it may, but don’t overlook essential federal employees like #wildland #firefighters under @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.

If you exclude security guards & maintenance personnel, the number of government workers who show up in person and do 40 hours of work a week is closer to 1%! Almost no one.

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

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”?

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

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

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

IDF attacks UN peacekeeping positions, injuring 2 UNIFIL peacekeepers. news.un.org/en/story/2024/…

🇮🇱🇱🇧 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.

How many lives we could have saved. How many lives we can still save. Please watch this video and remember: "Palestinians are not victims of war, they are victims of an ideology" (cit. @pappe54).

@Markus_Soeder Israel ist ein Terrorstaat. Das ist ein Fakt und hat nichts mit Religion zu tun.

Bayern steht zusammen gegen Terror und #Antisemitismus. Heute große Demonstration in #München ein Jahr nach dem Angriff auf #Israel. Dabei: Charlotte Knobloch, Israels Botschafter Ron Prosor und viele andere. Der Angriff der Hamas vom 7. Oktober 2023 auf Israel war ein barbarischer Terrorakt. Der Freistaat steht an der Seite Israels. Wir wollen Deeskalation und Frieden, aber Israel hat das Recht auf Selbstverteidigung. Gleichzeitig geben wir ein Schutzversprechen für jüdisches Leben in Bayern. Ein Angriff auf jüdisches Leben ist ein Angriff auf uns alle. #BringThemHome #StandwithIsrael