Murphy Woodhouse
@murphywoodhouse
Dweller of deserts, high and low. Bike-based human. Mountain West News Bureau reporter at Tell me something you think the public should know about wildfire: tinyurl.com/44kvjaah
Strap in folks. There's a lot of season left. www.nifc.gov/nicc-files/p...
There’s a new report out on the Knowles burnover fatalities. Not a ton of detail, but it does provide some sense of the sequence of events. Reading the timeline is hard. lessonslearned-prod-media-bucket.s3.us-gov-west-1.amazonaws.com/s3fs-public/...
The recent burnover deaths of three wildland firefighters have rocked the fire world, and called attention to the fireline's danger. But workplace deaths are utterly common in fire, and fire itself is often not the cause lessonslearned-prod-media-bucket.s3.us-gov-west-1.amazonaws.com/s3fs-public/...
US v. Bosnia and Herzegovina, viewing party at Athletic Club Boise. Local Bosnians showed up!
These three young folks died at work. May we learn from this loss and make future workplace tragedies less likely. thehotshotwakeup.substack.com/p/identities...
The wildfire world is in mourning. Thinking about the crews, friends and families impacted today.
The Marshall Fire has come to figure so prominently in my thinking about wildfire. It felt strange and unexpectedly overwhelming to stand where it started.
A great exhibit for the case that toxic masculinity is bad for everyone, very much including the toxically masculine www.nytimes.com/2026/06/05/b...
Among your responsibilities are making your boss feel like a very special baby
This is the response I just got from Interior's U.S. Wildland Fire Service
Obviously not the main takeaway from this important scoop on what has the contours of a global elite cabal, but LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL. How pathetic. Is there a redder flag than thinking of yourself as exceptional, and using a dating app that indulges your pretension?
At the start of a potentially historic season, federal wildland firefighters report widespread understaffing, low morale, inadequate prioritization of prescribed fire and other serious issues. Add this to the long and growing list of reasons to be worried. (Survey: Grassroots Wildland Firefighters)
I'm doing some reporting on LGBTQ wildland firefighters for Pride month. Found this stat, which confirms my longstanding suspicion that fire is a little bit gayer than the rest of society. Happy Pride and a safe season to all the LGBTQ folks out on the fireline! 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ drive.google.com/file/d/12Woz...
And the National Firefighter Registry for Cancer has cleared 50,000 enrollees! Are you a current or former firefighter of any kind (structure, wildland, volunteer, etc.)? Join me and this steadily growing group to figure out the risks we face and what to do about them. nfr.cdc.gov
Forgot to share this fun photo from the @boisestate.bsky.social College of Arts and Sciences graduation ceremony last month