Off Road Podcast 271 – Wildfire Preparation
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Tonight, Jeremy breathes in some funny smoke, Aaron goes to level 1, Coy goes to level 2, & Ben kicks people out of their homes.
Welcome to the off-road podcast. A podcast about everything off-road. We cover the news, review products, and interview people in the off road industry. I’m your host Ben and I’m here with my co-hosts Aaron & Jeremy along with our returning guest coy!
Aaron – Worked on building my truck 1st aid kit. Did some shooting.
Ben –
Jeremy – Unfortunately, nothing 4×4 related
Coy –
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Killian Fisher via YouTube
That Ben guy has no idea how to start a scooter. You don’t just kick, those carbs like some gas as well. Also, as someone else said, it wasn’t the scooters fault. It’s probably sucking up all the darn water! LOL
Main Topic What to do when a wildfire is headed your way
- Video your house & out buildings
- Call your insurance agent to make sure that everything is covered
- Specifically ask about wildfires
- Weather app that shows wind direction & wildfire locations
- MyRadar for Android & Apple
- Police & Fire scanner radio app
- Scanner Radio for Android
- Social media pages
- Pay attention to other places that have or might evacuate so that you can stay away from their evacuation routes.
- Refer to picture of 15/20/60/120 minute warnings
- Preparing your Rig
- Fuel up
- Quick once over
- Load up what you want to bring valuables, keepsakes etc
- Hook up your trailer
- First Aid (plug Medical Gear Outfitters)
- If you have more than you can haul in 1 trip and have time make some pre trips to stage stuff somewhere safe like a friends house, families house, or a storage unit.
- Look out for false evacuation orders
- Looters
child dies as parents flee burning cold springs
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