Fire

[tramp bushler]

Im gonna politic the outfit I was runnin the 5 for to find a winch for it. Always bothered me that none of the dozers on the fire I was on had a winch o

 

[tramp bushler]

Whats a VLAT ?

 

[Gologit]

Evergreen had a 747 tanked but I don't think it's running this year.

 

[tramp bushler]

wow, thats cool !!

 

[tramp bushler]

I was texting one of my dozer bosses from this summer. This morning . he sent me this almost real time pic. He was on the way to eastern Montana

 

[DavdH]

Rocky fire
CDF called about mid-night Sunday, loaded 2 D-6's headed out (fire duty so no permits required and a highway patrol escort). Got to the fire about 4am, redirected to 3 locations, cats were still loaded 24hr later. Things we a changin' fast, got a break from the weather yesterday and today so making a little progress. We're still logging so I haven't been updated by our guys, so far we only sent road crews. Things were busy just to the north also, got the first call to the ROCKY fire, so that's were they went. Came over hwy 20 about an hour before they closed the road, engines every where, CDF, USFS, BLM, department of Interior, strike teams from all over CA.

http://simtable.com/apps/fireProgression/output2015/

 

[LarryTheCableGuy]

The Rocky Fire: My dad lives in Hidden Valley Lake just south of the fire and has property in Clearlake just west of the fire. He has been fine so far.

 

[catbuster]

Rocky fire
CDF called about mid-night Sunday, loaded 2 D-6's headed out (fire duty so no permits required and a highway patrol escort). Got to the fire about 4am, redirected to 3 locations, cats were still loaded 24hr later. Things we a changin' fast, got a break from the weather yesterday and today so making a little progress. We're still logging so I haven't been updated by our guys, so far we only sent road crews. Things were busy just to the north also, got the first call to the ROCKY fire, so that's were they went. Came over hwy 20 about an hour before they closed the road, engines every where, CDF, USFS, BLM, department of Interior, strike teams from all over CA.

http://simtable.com/apps/fireProgression/output2015/

The Rocky fire was big enough to warrant a blurb on NPR this morning- it looks like a hellacious fire. BLM called me while I was teaching an S190 class, coincidentally. They asked if my for-hire crew was available to ship out west. So, we will see if the Cat is in Cali sometime soon.

 

[Gologit]

So, we will see if the Cat is in Cali sometime soon.

There's plenty of work.....

http://cdfdata.fire.ca.gov/incidents/incidents_current

 

[BGE541]

Hope you all stay safe out and about, thanks for what you do.

 

[tramp bushler]

Jacob Ware ( warejn) is now on the Mad River Complex . He's on an engine. I think he wishes he was falling with his nice new 461 .

 

[madhatte]

Looks like we're getting a bit of a break over the next few days. Maybe I'll get some forestry done for once.

 

[tramp bushler]

There ya go !

 

[catbuster]

The Cat is not headed out West at the moment, which saddens me because I haven't worked there since 2009. So I'll just stick with running Squad 31/Tender 67.

I have to say, owning a company and then being able to pay a foreman to do all the stressful managing stuff has really paid off this year. I can even get Madhatte his copy of my Tender SOG this week

 

[2dogs]

Another USFS firefighter was killed yesterday, this time by a falling tree. Very sad. Another FF was injured by that tree.

If you can, send a few bucks to the Wildland Firefighter Foundation as a donation. Coors is making a big donation this year to the WFF too.

 

[gary courtney]

my condolensces! 5 hours today on fireline 104* 40 acres burned , no end to drought!

 

[catbuster]

Another USFS firefighter was killed yesterday, this time by a falling tree. Very sad. Another FF was injured by that tree.

If you can, send a few bucks to the Wildland Firefighter Foundation as a donation. Coors is making a big donation this year to the WFF too.

Done.

That's a damn shame. There aren't enough guys who are good at this gig, and it's saddening. It takes a certain type of person to do this job, and most of them aren't in wildland. They're either doing structural firefighting or in the military.

 

[catbuster]

Today was a tough day for 31. My normal Lt. was out and I am filling in his spot and they replaced him with a 20 year old rookie straight out of fire school and not ideally qualified for the spot he was filling and was more of a warm body than an asset... He actually nearly killed me, but that's a different story.

We started the day having to split the crew between the tender and the Squad working another small fire, that was through a cedar stand and then started running. It started right after shift change- at 7:00 AM. Something's fishy there... Fires in 100 and 1000 hour fuels don't magically appear on a dewey/foggy morning.

 

[tramp bushler]

Glad your ok !!
sad about the guythat was killed ! And the one hurt. Anyone know how it happened ?

 

[2dogs]

The FF killed near Tahoe was 21 years old. Just a kid really. He was from Shingle Springs (30 miles east of Sacto).