Sierra Hellstrom
speaker
15 appearances
3 recordings
1 series
first heard Jun 2026
last heard 26 Jun
Sierra Hellstrom’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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recordings per month · last 12 monthsRecordings per month over the last 12 months — 3 in all, peaking in Jun 2026 with 3.
Appearances
Haisley Rechdale didn't know what to make of the smoke that billowed into her neighborhood last Saturday morning.
The threat dawned on her when she started talking to her neighbors.
And as the fire burned, she couldn't shake her anxiety.
Amanda Bakian with the Huntsman Mental Health Institute studies environmental impacts on mental health.
She found a direct relationship between heat, air pollutants and mental health issues.
When there is a lot of smoke in the air, she recommends wearing a mask.
For NPR News, I'm Hugo Ricard-Bell in Salt Lake City.
Sierra Hellstrom is with the northern Utah incident management team.
One fire in central Utah forced evacuations from the town of Eureka.
For NPR News, I'm Hugo Ricard-Bell in Salt Lake City.
Sierra Hellstrom is with the Northern Utah Incident Management Team.
The fire started Saturday and has burnt more than 550 acres of land around the Bonneville shoreline behind the University of Utah, and the cause is still under investigation.
One fire in central Utah forced evacuations from the town of Eureka.
For NPR News, I'm Hugo Ricard-Bell in Salt Lake City.
And I'm Joel Snyder.
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