In Prescott, Arizona, where so many fire fighters died in the deadly Yarnell Hill blaze last summer, the fire department is borrowing gadgets and tactics from the U.S. Special Forces to prevent that tragedy from happening again. The fire that killed 19 fire fighters proved so deadly in part because of poor communication, investigators said. So, in the year-plus since then, Prescott fire fighters have been training on a sophisticated voice, data, and video-sharing system that Special Forces use when operating in difficult environments where radios might not work. Read more…
