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Why You Know Way More About Wildfires Than You Used To
Goodbye to in-person press briefings; so long to packed community meetings.
Fire agencies had already been experimenting with putting more communications online, but the pandemic has pushed them to go all-in with social media and online messaging direct to the public.
It's meant we've had access to photos, videos, more informative fire maps, and explainers about fire than ever before, and it's mostly online.
READ MORE ABOUT DIFFERENT WAYS FIRE INFORMATION IS COMING TO YOU THIS YEAR:
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