Ep. - 1217 - SATURDAY SERIES: ROYAL RAMEY
Reality Life with Kate Casey
Kate Casey
4.4 • 7K Ratings
🗓️ 8 February 2025
⏱️ 44 minutes
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Summary
Royal Ramey is the co-founder and chief program officer of the Forestry and Fire Recruitment Program (FFRP), a nonprofit organization whose mission is to increase wildfire personnel from non-traditional and underrepresented communities, providing them with the training, skills, resources, and experiences needed to secure gainful and employment. Royal oversees the organization's Career Training Program, preparing participants for their personal and professional lives. Royal is passionate about breaking barriers in the fire service.
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| 0:00.0 | In the depths of an Atlanta forest, a clash between activists and authorities ends in tragedy. |
| 0:05.4 | I'm Matthew Cher, and on my new podcast, We Came to the Forest. |
| 0:08.7 | We expose the hidden truths behind a shootout. |
| 0:11.1 | They left one activist dead and countless lives forever changed. |
| 0:14.9 | Binge all episodes of We Came to the Forest ad-free on Wondery Plus. |
| 0:23.9 | Welcome back. came to the forest ad-free on Wondery Plus. The amazing Kate Casey! |
| 0:28.8 | Welcome back for another episode of Reality Life with KKC, and welcome back for this most special Saturday series episode. |
| 0:31.6 | In January, the Eaton and Palisades fires in Los Angeles left devastation in its wake. |
| 0:37.1 | Entire neighborhoods decimated. |
| 0:39.5 | Dozens of casualties after people either couldn't leave or chose not to flee their homes. |
| 0:45.2 | Now, the damage assessments are still ongoing, but the California Department of Forestry and |
| 0:49.9 | fire protection estimates that more than 16,200 structures have been damaged or destroyed. |
| 0:57.0 | What you did not know, perhaps, is that over 1,000 prisoners participated in the firefighting |
| 1:03.4 | efforts for both of those fires. These prisoners were part of the Conservation Fire Camps |
| 1:08.8 | program, which is run by the California Department of |
| 1:11.3 | Corrections and Rehabilitation, and works with California fire crews to remove vegetation and fuel |
| 1:17.1 | from behind structures and constructed handlines to protect homes. And these prisoners worked 24-hour shifts. |
| 1:24.4 | At any given time, up to 30% of firefighters working in California are incarcerated. |
| 1:30.1 | They work for little pay and often use outdated equipment, but many incarcerated people |
| 1:35.2 | who are given this option to do so choose to join a conservation or fire camp because of a better |
| 1:40.7 | everyday living condition. They receive looser visitation restrictions, |
| 1:45.7 | and sometimes it results in reduced sentences. |
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