Why Aren’t California Wildfires Fought With Best Technologies?

In Sunday’s edition of “60 Minutes,” the CBS News program raised troubling questions about California’s wildfire fighting efforts.

Orange County Fire Authority Chief Brian Fennessy told 60 Minutes correspondent Bill Whitaker that the U.S. Forest Service is failing to fully utilize repurposed Chinook helicopters that can squelch wildfires at night with precision accuracy.

The highly respected Fennessy also said that bureaucratic disputes among firefighting agencies are raising costs and endangering lives, structures, and forests.

Read more on this story at GVwire.com

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