Everytime I see this video I am reminded of how much I miss my friend Paul Gleason. We spent two years fighting fire together. When I was a rookie on the Dalton Hotshots, he was on his third year. He was an amazing and yet gentle crew pusher. I think I learned more about fire behavior and fire safety than just about anyone else (besides Chuck Hartley, our Superintendent). Paul was the only sawyer on the crew. I told Paul one day I was the hardest working member of the crew. He told me he was because he was the sawyer. I disagreed and said I was because I was his swamper. He gave me that one. I was one of the two squad bosses on Dalton in 1968 He and I were on two fires together that killed members of two fire crews; the Loop fire on the Angeles in 1966 that killed12 members of the El Cariso Hotshots, and the Canyon Fire in 1968 also on the Angeles that killed 8 wards and their foreman of the Los Angeles County Fire Department. Department Chief Klinger said that tragedy led to his retirement later that year. Paul said those two fires and the Dude Fire tragedy in 1990 led to the development of LCES.
This type of content really helps me improve my skills in Wildland firefighting. Thank you so much for this type of stuff I always reference back to videos like this from your Channel.
Have there been studies / experiments done with UAVs/Drones to help when there is no high vantage point and no aerial support available? It seems to me as thois could help in many situations and give great flexibility.
