female inmates doing time on Calif. fire lines
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back when I was working fire we went to montana as part of one of the first canadian fire teams from our province to go south of the border..
we wear orange coveralls and had some shady looking people on our crews, and nobody would talk to us for the first couple days... we found out later that everyone thought we were inmate crews, because everyone down there wears the blue and yellow or green and yellow nomex. and our coveralls said ONTARIO on the back and I guess there is a big prison in ontario, oregon or so I was told..
fun times anyway
there is lots of grunt work on the lower risk parts of the fire so its good to have the extra hands out there, and working fire would be better than being behind bars any day
we wear orange coveralls and had some shady looking people on our crews, and nobody would talk to us for the first couple days... we found out later that everyone thought we were inmate crews, because everyone down there wears the blue and yellow or green and yellow nomex. and our coveralls said ONTARIO on the back and I guess there is a big prison in ontario, oregon or so I was told..
fun times anyway
there is lots of grunt work on the lower risk parts of the fire so its good to have the extra hands out there, and working fire would be better than being behind bars any day
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smokechase II
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When we went to Alberta in 1995 we did a few double takes with the crews colors up there.
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I don't want to insult anyones manhood but my experience just looking at the Female Inmate Crews in the LA area was scarey and I'd suggest that an AS member would do well to stay clear.
When we went to Alberta in 1995 we did a few double takes with the crews colors up there.
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I don't want to insult anyones manhood but my experience just looking at the Female Inmate Crews in the LA area was scarey and I'd suggest that an AS member would do well to stay clear.
smokechase II
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Canada invades again
"Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger on Friday ordered 2,000 more National Guard troops to join the 400 already on firefighting duty. Australia, Canada, Greece, Mexico and New Zealand are also sending firefighters and equipment, federal officials said."
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Run, save yourselves. Inmates from Canada are coming.
"Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger on Friday ordered 2,000 more National Guard troops to join the 400 already on firefighting duty. Australia, Canada, Greece, Mexico and New Zealand are also sending firefighters and equipment, federal officials said."
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Run, save yourselves. Inmates from Canada are coming.
I think we just sent some waterbombers, not sure if I would call that an invasion.. haha
when I worked in oregon they called us the plumbers because our style was, find water, insert pump in water source, hook up hose, use as much water as possible!
where I worked we were fortunate to have an unlimited supply of water, so rarely was there a hand dug fire break, or pumper trucks with garden hose, etc
when I worked in oregon they called us the plumbers because our style was, find water, insert pump in water source, hook up hose, use as much water as possible!
where I worked we were fortunate to have an unlimited supply of water, so rarely was there a hand dug fire break, or pumper trucks with garden hose, etc
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Inmate crews work their tails off. I have had only good experiences with them. The local youth camp changed to an inmate camp a few years ago and that has been a real plus to the county.
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treemandan
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Just the words female and inmate and I get all intrested.
We worked alongside a female inmate crew, (when I did fires many years ago)and they had their people bring out enough iced up garbage cans of pop so we could have some too. But it is hard not to talk to inmate crews, and you forget that you are not supposed to unless it is about a task to do.
Good point. If they're out there doing the same work as anybody else they should get treated the same. Most of the crews I've seen on fires, or anywhere, kick the work around pretty good.
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