RandyMac
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That fire way South and East was charmer, burnt 40 buildings.
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Metals406
Granfodder Runningsaw
That's no good. :0(
Take a look at wildfiretoday.com and check out the trailer for "Unacceptable Risk". It is about climate change and wildland firefighting.
Saw that. Will be looking forward to seeing the whole documentary. If nothing else, the cinematography is impressive.
Do you know if they will be releasing it for general distribution? I see the Story Group has another short video on their website. http://thestorygroup.org/co-fire-2/ It's told from a point of view, has an agenda. Not to say it's wrong or right, just an FYI.
Has anyone here heard of Caney Springs Volunteer Fire Department in Tennessee? I was recently contacted about donating some equipment, and was wondering if they are a bonafide fire department.
http://www.columbian.com/news/2015/feb/21/early-season-brush-fire-burns-quarter-acre-near-fa/
Not supposed to be doing this in February in Washington on the West side of the Cascades.
Not supposed to be doing this in February in Washington on the West side of the Cascades.
I guess we'll be de-winterizing at least one type 6 engine, then.
We use ours year round. EMS calls, they are a lot easier to deal with our local driveways. And, most importantly, they have winches, so when the ambulance makes a poor choice of parking place...
We have enough room to keep them all inside and heated, keep the unstaffed stations at 45°.
We have enough room to keep them all inside and heated, keep the unstaffed stations at 45°.
We have an acre and a half of uncovered motor pool. The engines all look so sad this time of year.
hseII
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Fixed. Sorry about that!
This is from Madhatte's latest post... I like it.
Metals406
Granfodder Runningsaw
It's easy sometimes for the command structure to get too goal focused, and they can forget about the human element.
That's why it's good for us to say NO if we feel unsafe.
That's why it's good for us to say NO if we feel unsafe.
Yup. It's easy to get that "I can do that" attitude. Sometimes we can...and get away with it. Sometimes not, too.
A couple of years ago I was running dozer on a fire. They wanted me to walk it up a ridge line and start cutting. Time was very tight and the winds were picking up.. There was slick-rock to cross and it had some slope to it. You can guess the rest. The dozer stayed on it's feet but it slid sideways a long way and made a couple of 360s before it fetched up against some timber. I never should have tried that crossing but I let a dozer boss talk me into it. That was my mistake, not his. He was just a kid without a lot of real experience. I should have told him no. Pride got in the way of judgement.
I always figure I'll do everything I can but I won't let somebody else put me in a position that I know is dangerous. Okay, wrong word...I won't let somebody else put me in a position that's stupid.
The IRPG has a good section on how to turn down risk. I have used that outline successfully myself. The IC wanted a burning euc cut down but it was in loose shale and 100% slope. In addition the tree was burning from ground level to 20' up. He asked me to cut it, I said "No" and he said "Fine". He later told me he didn't think it could be done just thought maybe I was crazy enough to try it. He was less than half my age and truthfully he should never have asked.
Metals406
Granfodder Runningsaw
My falling pard and I turned down an assignment last year, along with three Shot crews. Too steep, too many trees falling on their own above us, too much risk. At 300' above the creek below, our snags would run to the bottom and blow up.
The Div trainee wanted to be able to say he had line on all sides of his Division. The problem was there was no reason to on that leg. It was 1,000 vert feet up and died off at a cliff face.
Two days of rain had squashed the fires advance, & it was late season. The fire couldn't even push past 5,500 feet before it fizzled out.
I'll be called a pussy before I go against my gut instinct on a fire.
The Div trainee wanted to be able to say he had line on all sides of his Division. The problem was there was no reason to on that leg. It was 1,000 vert feet up and died off at a cliff face.
Two days of rain had squashed the fires advance, & it was late season. The fire couldn't even push past 5,500 feet before it fizzled out.
I'll be called a pussy before I go against my gut instinct on a fire.
I just completed the required annual fire training for faller today. The FSTEP class really stressed weather and climate change though I felt it was too heavy on the hand crew side of things considering most of us stay in or close to our vehicles.
I took the F-Step classes last week but I really think I'll just sit this one out. Just can't seem to work up any enthusiasm for it.
