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San Diego Readies For Long Fire Season

By Jade Hindmon / KPBS Midday Edition Co-Host, Andrew Bracken / Producer, KPBS Midday Edition

Published September 13, 2021 at 1:46 PM PDT

This story was published more than 2 years ago.

Following the Dixie Fire, flames burn in a tree in the Canyondam area of Plumas County, Calif., Friday, Aug. 6, 2021.

A mixture of higher temperatures and low rainfall totals has San Diego County gearing up for a potentially potent fire season.

San Diego Union-Tribune reporter Gary Robbins joined Midday Edition on Monday to talk about the upcoming challenges the upcoming fire season presents, as well as the latest high-tech strategiesthat help firefighters battle flames more effectively.

Robbins said that "six of the hottest ten years on record in San Diego have occurred since 2014," which has helped to make San Diego's fire season longer and more extreme.

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"There's a belief that climate change is causing wildfires to react in more erratic ways, and that poses a lot of problems to firefighters," he said.

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Jade Hindmon is KPBS Midday Edition co-host. Prior to making San Diego home, Jade worked in markets across the Southeast and Midwest, building a network of sources to tell the stories of people in each community. She worked as a multimedia journalist and anchor at WRTV in Indianapolis. While there, she launched “The Weekend Edition of Good Morning Indiana” and generated breaking news content for both broadcast and digital platforms. Prior to Indianapolis, she was an anchor and multimedia journalist at FOX Carolina in Greenville, SC. As part of that Emmy Award winning team, she covered elections, landed exclusive interviews, and interviewed presidential candidates. Jade also had the opportunity to cover international news and was able to travel to South Africa during the 2010 World Cup. Jade is a three-time Emmy nominee, a National Association of Black Journalists Salute to Excellence Finalist, and the recipient of a South Carolina Associated Press Award. She is a proud graduate of Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University.

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Andrew Bracken

Andrew Bracken is a producer for KPBS Midday Edition. He is also the producer and host for the KPBS podcast series "My First Day" and "San Diego Conversations," a collaboration with KPBS and the National Conflict Resolution Center.

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