The FireTech Podcast
Innovating on the Frontlines: Season 1 (2024)
In Season 1, we interviewed four experts who have dedicated their public careers to tackling hard problems on the frontlines of America’s wildfire crisis.
Through four engaging discussions, we explored how technology and systems innovation are evolving within public agencies responsible for wildfire preparedness, mitigation, response, and recovery.
Each episode enhances our understanding of agency innovation cycles, intrapreneur experiences, and the insights of early adopters on the frontlines.
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Innovating on the Frontlines with retired Fire Captain Josh Wilkins (California)
Innovating on the Frontlines with Fire Captain Neil Chapman (Arizona)
Innovating on the Frontlines with retired Fire Chief Frank Frievalt (California)
Innovating on the Frontlines with former NASA scientist David Green
Partnerships on the Frontlines: Season 2 (2025)
In 2025, the FireTech Podcast continues to spotlight innovations on the frontlines of the wildfire crisis by delving into the emerging dynamics of public-private-people partnerships (4Ps) in building wildfire resilience.
In four episodes, we examine how diverse innovators and community partners of the Conservation X Labs’ Fire Grand Challenge have worked to cultivate trust, accountability, and responsiveness to community wildfire resilience goals across North America.
We asked innovators and community partners, what does responsible innovation for wildfire resilience look like, particularly as it relates to co-developing useful and usable innovations that can amplify capacities on the ground?
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Partnerships on the Frontlines: Town of Paradise, CA, and Witching Hour
Partnerships on the Frontlines: San Juan Islands Conservation District, WA, and Envisioning Labs
Partnerships on the Frontlines: Skeena Watershed Conservation Coalition, BC, and Coalitions and Collaboratives, CO (coming soon)
Partnerships on the Frontlines: Grand County Wildfire Council, CO, and Flash Forest (coming soon)