Wildland_Firefighter
The Judge
Well that what gets us about our fires down herE. WE HAVE to have aircraft to scout for us buy mostly we dont unless we really need them.
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Well that what gets us about our fires down herE. WE HAVE to have aircraft to scout for us buy mostly we dont unless we really need them.
Wildland_Firefighter
The Judge
I remember that. I rolled into Orlando in June 1998, right when the whole place went up in flames. As I recall, they declared Martial Law in Flagler County. The only shade was smoke. I was in a Navy "A" school at the time so I wasn't on any of the fires, but I remember them clearly, as well as the following months, where the black sprouted saw palmettos like lawn grass and it was like nothing happened at all by Christmas.
Wildland_Firefighter
The Judge
Yep, that's how it usually goes...ready for the next season to burn.
I had that problem in WI. Compass, shadows and eventually, a gps helped. There were lots of roads in that place.
Roads + Borrow pits - Mountains = no parallel lines anywhere = me, totally lost, all the time
Wildland_Firefighter
The Judge
Well I'm sitting in the woods Now...stuck....harrows messed up too. What a day.
Thought the jd 750 wouldn't get stuck.
Thought the jd 750 wouldn't get stuck.
Posted on Wildfire Today: http://wildfiretoday.com/2015/01/29...ped-burn-piles-near-eldorado-national-forest/
Another season with no break.
Another season with no break.
In California there is no "season". There are just times of the year with less activity than others.
This has been the driest January on record.
I remember as a kid seeing fire on the Angeles NF from our house. I don't remember any December to April fires, but we were only there about 5 years, just after the Sylmar earthquake.
February 3rd, The Big Burn on PBS. I'm sure the film will have a point of view, but the event has shaped 100 years of land/fire management philosophy.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/burn/
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/burn/
The film follows the book content closely. It's been on before.
I don't believe this show has. It was SUPPOSED to be released in September 2014, but was delayed.
From Wildfire Today: After the confusion about when “The Fire that Changed Everything – The Big Burn” would be aired, it now appears certain that it will be on PBS February 3. As you probably know, the fires of 1910 affected wildland fire management for the next 100 years.
http://wildfiretoday.com/2015/01/29/behind-the-scenes-at-the-big-burn/ and
http://wildfiretoday.com/2015/01/25/on-pbs-the-big-burn-the-fires-of-1910/
From PBS Website: "Big Burn" premieres February 3, 2015 on PBS American Experience.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/burn/player/
From Wildfire Today: After the confusion about when “The Fire that Changed Everything – The Big Burn” would be aired, it now appears certain that it will be on PBS February 3. As you probably know, the fires of 1910 affected wildland fire management for the next 100 years.
http://wildfiretoday.com/2015/01/29/behind-the-scenes-at-the-big-burn/ and
http://wildfiretoday.com/2015/01/25/on-pbs-the-big-burn-the-fires-of-1910/
From PBS Website: "Big Burn" premieres February 3, 2015 on PBS American Experience.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/burn/player/
Metals406
Granfodder Runningsaw
I'm excited for the upcoming season, & a bit apprehensive.
Wish it was a safer way to make a buck and folks didn't lose life and property. That's why I like fires around here, usually they just burn timber (which we should log).
Rt-130 class coming up soon.
I'm going to buy a 45 pound weight vest this year. Going to wear it shooting hoops 3 days a week. That should adequately whoop my butt into shape.
Wish it was a safer way to make a buck and folks didn't lose life and property. That's why I like fires around here, usually they just burn timber (which we should log).
Rt-130 class coming up soon.
I'm going to buy a 45 pound weight vest this year. Going to wear it shooting hoops 3 days a week. That should adequately whoop my butt into shape.
Very smart Nate. I've been carrying an extra 45lbs all winter. When I take it off I'll be a stud. I just can't find the release.
Bill, when you find that release let me know where it is. I could stand to trim down a bit.
But not today...home made shrimp fettucine for dinner with pumpkin pie for dessert.
But not today...home made shrimp fettucine for dinner with pumpkin pie for dessert.
There is some discussion down here about ending the burn season at the end of this month rather than the end of April. I heard this all second hand but it will not surprise me if it happens. I think we have gone about 6 weeks without measureable rainfall.
Metals406
Granfodder Runningsaw
HAHAHA!!
Metals406
Granfodder Runningsaw
Seems like the last two years, the east coast is stealing all the weather.
All the way into the south.
Maybe we're the new east coast?
Cal Fire has Hired Vendor Safety classes posted on its web site. There is a class just a few miles from me on March 7th but I have to be in two different places already on that day. Hhmm. Now I am either gonna have to drive 400 miles round trip or take the class from a private company and still drive 80 miles. I will now have to have my contract signed on another day and have my truck and saws inspected a third day. Still thinking.
