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Bruehl letter: Fires and drones

As you have noted in your paper, drones have hampered aerial firefighting on a number of occasions at the Pioneer Fire. I have two suggestions: 1) Obtain radio jamming equipment to jam the frequencies that the drones operate on to be set up in the area, or 2) Have marksmen shoot them down.

Walter Bruehl, Boise

This story was originally published August 10, 2016 at 5:14 PM with the headline "Bruehl letter: Fires and drones."

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