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I have been following the National Weather Incident Meteorologists on Facebook for a few years now. To the best of my knowledge you do not need a Facebook account to access their site (but you may be prompted for an account which you should be able to bypass by clicking the "X). During wildfire season they post deployments of NWS Incident Meteorologists (IMETs) to wildfires for what is typically a two week deployment. The also post news of IMETs who have completed their IMET training, IMET retirements, and occasional posts about what IMETs do along.
For the last few weeks, I have noted the deployments of IMETs to various wildfires, on their Facebook page but I think that I have missed some, happens. I am not going even try to list them all. To give you a sampling of IMET deployments I will list deployments since Sunday, June 23rd. For each deployment the first link is to the NWS IMET Facbook post referencing the specific deployment. The second link is the wildfire on Inciweb. My notes are in italics.
- There was one Incident Meteorologist (IMET) deployed on Sunday, July 23rd to the Grapevine Fire near Prescott Valley, Arizona, see the Grapevine Fire on Inciweb.
- On Monday, July 24th, one IMET was deployed to the Golden Fire near Bonanza, Oregon. For more information see the Golden Fire on Inciweb.
- A second IMET was deployed on Monday July 24th, specifically one IMET Trainee was deployed to the Colt Fire in the Lolo National Forest near Seeley Lake Montana. For more information see the Colt Fire on Inciweb. Note, when an IMET Trainee is deployed to a fire there is already an IMET on the fire to provide the training.
- There was a third IMET deployed on Monday, July 24th, this IMET was deployed to the Bedrock Fire in the Willamette National Forest in Oregon. For more information see the Bedrock Fire on Inciweb.
- As I write this there was only one IMET deployed on Tuesday, July 25th. The IMET deployment was to the Diamond Fire in the Tonto National Forest in Arizona. For more information see the Diamond Fire on Inciweb. Note as I write this there are two Diamond Fires on Inciweb, the one I linked to is the one in the Tonto National Forest
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