The recent line-of-duty deaths of three firefighters in Colorado serve as a reminder to Rod Goossen about why he began his mission to help keep them safe. … This week, on the 13th anniversary of the Granite Mountain Hotshot tragedy, RoGO launched the DropBlock 2.0 and began testing it at Red, White & Blue Fire Protection District in Breckenridge.rogo22026-07-28T09:56:58-06:00July 28th, 2026|
Wildland firefighters can now carry the satellite-enabled DropBlocks because they are lighter and smaller. When linked with a DropBlock, the new RoGO mobile software allows point-to-point communications and shows fire weather information and the GPS location of firefighting assets on mobile phones in distant, austere, or cellular-denied places.rogo22026-07-28T10:00:53-06:00July 28th, 2026|
For a decade before Wildfire Today Founder and wildland firefighting stalwart Bill Gabbert’s death, he wrote numerous articles on what he called the “Holy Grail of wildland firefighting safety.rogo22026-01-03T06:37:18-07:00December 13th, 2025|
RoGO was Interviewed by Denver TV news (CBS) stationrogo22025-12-05T15:40:59-07:00November 18th, 2025|
