Host Indira Lakshmanan speaks with Tom Clemo, a deputy fire chief from the Santa Monica Fire Department in Southern California, who is in Spokane, Washington, this week helping with the community’s wildfire response.
He talks about lessons learned when it comes to evacuations and rebuilding, 18 months after the devastating Palisades and Eaton Fires in Los Angeles County.
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