Only The Brave 24hr [SURVIVAL KIT] 

Not too long! Not too boring! Very interesting!

What you carry is interesting, but why you carry it is facinating. Deep dives into your equipment choices, and the story's behind the decisions to carry, or not provide context and insight. Please continue with the campaign bag, and current Sawyer's bag. I may never go to a wildland fire, but knowing what you take, and why may help me be prepared for other emergencys, or at least a better reaction to something.

Do the campaign bag and how you put everything back in

Not boring at all! I enjoyed learning what professional/volunteer firefighters should have. I hope that firefighter leaders watch this too. Thank you.

The jerky is good. But a little tip from former military. Under stress 1 m.r.e. can last a full day. Entree when you can,brown rice later and so forth. Also have a chocolate bar. The m.r.e. will give you the calories all day and the chocolate bar will give you a burst of energy when needed most! Keep the chocolate inside the blanket

Love this channel because videos like these are sooo interesting

Shake and bake! Just completed my refresher up here in northwest WA. Apparently the Canadians hold a similar philosophy of not carrying fire shelters. Im beginning to feel the same way, never want to be in that spot. Be safe and have fun.

The nice thing about the chest rig for the radio is where your anntena ends up. I've noticed our structure guys are using an old style leather shoulder harness that keeps the radio low at the waist, same as on your belt. The problem being shielded radio waves. As long as you remember to turn around when your radio doesn't work you're fine. Lol. I used a chest harness in search and resq for many years and it does get in the way sometimes but for me it's worth the life safety aspect of my radio working. That said I have dropped the radio into a side pocket and used a remote antenna on my pack. Not an option if you have to deploy and want your radio under with you, but man does it work. Thank you sir, I love all your content. This makes me want to wildland again though.

I would like to see the campaign and sawyer bags.

Yes please do the video I’m a firefight in Pa. and our department does not have any guidelines for forest fires. This will help me a lot when I put me bag back together.

Yes I would like to see the new campaign bag to see what you kept or lost. I have built my own bug out bag and fight for home bag so I find this highly useful since you have had to insure durability of gear. PS. 100% agree on the Leatherman Wave. The best tool to have camping, hiking, and deep sea fishing.

Congrats On 1 Million Subs!

This chanel is one of my best chanel because is so relaxsive for me,by the way can you make some video of the wildland firefighting if you can that be amizing:)

Cody go for it. I would like to see what is in your campaign bag.

Thanks for allowing sharing of the video. I live in wildfire country and we really depend on the guys and ladies fighting those incredibly devastating fires. Anything to help them be more comfortable in doing their job is greatly appreciated.

Couldn't agree more with the Aussies way of thinking, up here in Canada is the same idea. No false sense of security needed.

Cody, I have been watching your channel for a few years now. I don't comment much or read the comments. But noticed tonight that your almost up to 1 million subscribers. I can remember when you hit 100,000. Just wanted to say congratulations to you and the family. Keep up the good work and God Bless.

Dear Wranglerstars, all 4 of you-plus extended family, Congratulations on going gold before the morning comes. I love your channel.

I enjoyed the heck out of this dual video as I too was a volunteer firefighter. I did not do wildland per se but did do rural pasture land/farm land type and of course in town structure. I did carry quite a bit of the equipment that you have here. I served 25 years on my small town fire department.

Campaign bag please. And thank you for the info. From someone who's done it for a while, this video does help out thoes who are just starting. Gives them an idea of what they may want to bring.

Congratulations on 1,000,000 subs!

From a chief. Keep the videos coming. Good for new folks.

WranglerStar being the RU-vid dad that some of us never had👍 I start wildland firefighting tomorrow I’m gonna mock this pack gear with a few adjustments! Thank you!

Things have changed! I was on a fire crew with the Forest Service back in the ‘70. They gave us an worst International orange bags. I refuse to call it a back pack. No padding in the shoulder straps and no waist belt. Glad to see the evolution.

Campaign bag please. Always nice to see what others are bringing.

thanks for your service

Good morning. Nice start to a beautiful Sunday! Thanks!

Heck sometimes 6 liters of water doesn't even cut it, really gotta suck down the water when it gets above 100. Worked for a state fire kitchen, loved it, but unlike those fancy caterers, no AC, swamp cooler, adequate shade or any proper ventilation, just a refer truck to duck into to cool down. Cooking massive amounts of food it's 110+ is pretty intense.

A cotton bandanna do-rag under your knit beanie makes your head twice as cozy.

Bring on the campaign bag video. As someone who doesn't do wildfire fighting, the campaign bag is actually more interesting as a type of bug out bag. So please make that video if you would!

Almost 1m, you really deserve it from the dedication you put into the channel, all the stories you share, and i love how you involve your family! Thank you very much from all of us for producing such amazing videos on youtube for us to enjoy! Early Congratulations my friend. Love from the UK!

I'm a Emergency Response guy in three different organizations and I find these videos very helpful. I don't want to keep three different "gokits" so making a modular system I can add to the other kits is very useful. Not boring for me!

After living through the Fort McMurray wildfire up here in Alberta Canada, this is valuable for anyone living in or near wilderness areas, not just for fighting fire, but to be prepared for it if the worst happens, please continue with your descriptions of the kits, and thank you for your service in fighting these beasts, and helping to protect people.

Couldn't agree more about the wool! I'm a total believer. I've had issues with hot, swollen feet and realized my skin reacts to anything synthetic. I wear darn tough socks year round now as well as merino base layers when it's cold. Pricey stuff, but you will never regret investing in it and my feet never get hot now. Plus if your socks ever wear out Darn Tough will replace them for free so it's actually cheaper in the long run!

Hope to see the Loctite, this time around.

As a Washington resident and a lover of the wilderness thank you

Go for it! I'm not a fire fighter but I love these videos. I still find things I never thought to carry when I'm out camping, fishing, etc.

I won't speak for anyone else but I love these videos. And I like them a lot more than the dirt bike ones.

A lot of Australia's terrain isn't forested as heavily around towns, therefore, we can rely on sheltering in our fire trucks because the terrain allows for that.

This’ll be my first fire season, Im so so so excited! I’ve watched all your videos. Thank you for all the good information! Be safe out there man!

I'll watch anything you put up on the channel. Interesting or not, you make it easy to want to watch. Thanks for all the work you put into your channel.

Keep the kit videos coming Oh and maybe a small forest axe vs Scandinavian forest axe vs husqvarna 26” vid haha

Im loving this. You should hold classes about this stuff. Im sure the recruits are instructed on everything fire and tools. But not the fine tuned survival skills that come from hard/well earned experence. Don't fret about how long the video is. And thank you for your service. Im in California fire country (which is now almost the whole state). California drought and fire.

New line medic , this will be my first season. So yes, it would be very helpful to see the your campaigns bag. I have seen your war bag vids but this is a more concise way to get the point. Thanks for all the hard work.

Seems you could forgo the signaling mirror for the mirror on your compass and save a little more space/weight.

Thanks for the great video. I was deployed to Irma for EMS last year, and I definitely was not prepared. With hurricane season coming up, I should get a bag ready, and this has given me some ideas.

I hurt my foot when I forgot I wasn't twenty anymore ....? So I think about what I can do and cant do now......? Great videos ....Thanks..

Keep going through the gear! I love gear videos and the logic and consideration that goes behind every item.

Not something most of us think about. Thank you!

Don't forget the flip flops! Back in fire camp you want sandals in the shower trailer, so your not getting athlete's foot from all the illegal's,on contractor line crews! (Clearing throat) Gray Back!

Good video, great information. This helps people like myself who are new in the wildland firefighting arena. Thanks for the information.

Yes! Please show us the rest!

This was NOT boring at all. I learned so much, thank you.

Mystery Ranch makes awesome bags. I've used the NICE frame with Crew cab pack on my deployments (military). The plastic carribeaners are called grimlocks btw

Very informative and enjoyable. It’s a great glimpse into another profession.

When you talked about why you quit the fire dept you were spot on. I been a volunteer on three different fire dept and there all a like. One of the biggest problem I ran up against is paid firemen don’t want to work with volunteers due to the IAF and everything else you said happen in all the units I’ve been with. Keep on truck’n your doing fine.

Thank you for your updated firefighting bag content video. My nephew is just starting his second season in wildland firefighting. He watches your videos, as do I, so we have another topic of shared interest. I especially enjoy specificity, so please go into detail on each item--not just the what but the why you choose what you choose. I'm sorry to hear that you are shortening the length of your commitment to fires from 14 to 7 days because it's people like you, the seasoned fire fighter, that is so very needed not just for your expertise in many aspects of fire fighting and training and assisting the next generation of fire fighters--perhaps even my nephew. On the other hand, I understand setting boundaries based on your priorities and values in order to balance all your obligations in life.

Saftey pins can be used to fix glasses, zippers, tears, and a bunch of other this too.

I'm retired from the U.S. Forest Service and even though I only spent 4 years in fire management, one of these as a seasonal for a summer while in college, I had over 120 fire assignments. They ranged from campfires escaping and burning a couple of square feet of duff, up to being on the North Fork Fire (475,000 acres or so) in Yellowstone NP in 1988. I had six positions on my Red Card when I retired, two of them as a trainee where I was more than half way through the task book. I was usually assigned to hand crews when I started, but also was an FPT with a Type VI engine as a patrol vehicle. Some years passed and I was a crew boss and ran a whole range of crews on fires. I'm a graduate forester and switched to recreation and lands (special use permits, land exhanges, etc.) for the remainder of my career. Ironically, I obtained more ICS qualifications after I left fire management, a story in itself. The challenge with the line pack/24 hour pack is the diversity of assignments you get into. My 24 hour pack resided in the toolbox. At any moment I might have to use it for the hasty stage of a search and rescue, being told to drive to a LZ to be flown into a wilderness fire or being forced to camp out overnight for a variety of reasons. I also used it in winter, with a few additions, to provide initial care for hypothermia victims. The requirement is that this line/24 hour bag is such that you are self sustaining for 24 hours, no matter the situation. This is a challenge of weight and space. I also had a winter patrol pack with the basic avalanche evaluation and rescue gear that I threw on when on cross country ski patrols and on a snowmobile. This two part video you produced is excellent. My 24 hour kit and yours are strikingly similar with the exception of the GPS and weather instrument. These were not available for me as they hadn't been developed yet. I went on a fire in southern California at Thanksgiving up until the middle of December back in 1980 and froze. I was never without a space blanket from there forward. The challenge for project fires is similar and my Red Card had crew boss, strike team leader - crew trainee, resource unit leader, situation unit leader trainee, Type III plans chief, Type IV and V IC, incident information officer and security/law enforcement on it. I had a short kit for running a plans section in my truck at all times and pilot type briefcases (big ones) next to my desk for resource/situation positions where I could set up shop and build a plans section nearly anywhere that was sufficient to run for Type III incidents till they demobed and for the first couple of days of initial attacks that turned into Type I incidents. The work was diverse and ever changing. I was a field supervisor on one of the most heavily visited ranger districts in the National Forest System. I was also an on-call claims and personnel misconduct investigator, which required one more huge briefcase next to my desk. I never knew what I was going to do on any given day. While watching your video I realized how much I miss the camaraderie, dedication and professionalism I was surrounded by in both firefighting and in the agency as a whole. Now, due to my knees giving out, a couple of significant injuries and some surgeries I can no longer backpack or take day hikes and only have my memories. Do it while you can!

Yes, show the WAR bag setup

I like watching these videos to get me thinking about how to organize my tool belt for work, and how to pack for hiking trips. It's not the same stuff but the techniques tranfer well. Hope to see a good wilderness first aid kit break down soon.

Unique informative channel. You also convey values and skills that a lot of people unfortunately don't hold anymore. You deserve more subs.

Cody there is ongoing research on a hydration bladder vs canteens. The problem with the bladder is that while the FF is getting enough water he is not getting food to snack on because there are fewer or no breaks. Because of the work rates are going down. Consider having your crew stop work for 5 minutes every hour, throw off the pack and eat some nuts/gorp/jerky/power bars, and maybe swig some "electrolyte" drink. I carry a 1 qt canteen in a belt pouch just for this reason but I also carry a bladder. As a faller I carry eye drops in my shirt. And ibuprofen, noise and sun give me a headache. I also carry my cell phone (and necessary chargers). Of course there is also a chainsaw, Dolmar, axe, wedges, spare chain, and more.

Cody, Saw your set of spare batteries at the top of the screen. You may want to consider or take a look at the Storacell instead of taping them together. It comes in a couple different sizes and provides a bit more protection for preventing accidental shorting. I use a couple different units depending on battery for holding my rechargables when out hiking.

Go for it Cody, it is fascinating to see what preparations are necessary for the task. Also, good to see how you've updated the kit since you did the big video with your friend.

Your right there at 1,000,000 congradulations. You deserve it

Great video Cody, thanks for sharing it with us. I think it would be interesting to see how you kit out your sawyer bag, etc.

Awesome wildland content! Love these videos and I think you are the only one out there doing them!

Love to see your Sawyer kit.

Was a Kaibab NF wildland firefighter..yes, please do more fire vids🔥🌲🔥🌲🔥🌲

I would like to see the campaign bag! Liking the videos.

Loving this video series Cody, I'm a rookie firefighter down in NM and these videos are a great help since fire season has started down here. Thanks again!

Even though I probably won’t be a volunteer wildland firefighter I still like to watch these videos

Your fire bags/info has been so helpful! Cheers from Canada

Good stuff keep going I will watch it I am in AUSTRALIA

Hey Cody, I've always wondered if you ever wanted to become a smoke jumper?

2 Mereno wool buff tube is magic. For your head ,neck. Etc

Very interesting. Thanks for sharing!

I just saw your subscriber counter tip over to 1 million. Congratulations!

Yes please do a video on the campaign bag and the Sawyer kit

we have similar loadouts here in australia for the state emergency service (ses), would definitely be interested in more

Would love to see the sawyer kit....I am waiting on my sawyer class now. Thanks for the info.

999,209 sooooo close, pregrats on 1 mill, great content!

Also I carried Hershey kisses. Even if they melt you can just pop one in your mouth and suck it off the foil and then spit the foil out. Also I would think a camelback water system would serve you well!

Wranglerstar. Could you detail your IFAK and the reasoning in what your do and don't carry in it for your work please?

These are the wranglerstar videos i missed!!

Yes please do the campaign and sawyer bags.

I watch your channel for the wildland stuff. I definitely want to see the campaign bag

Would love to see the campaign bag video!

I agree! I can’t stand the bake potato shelters! Flares far more useful! Eye drops are essentials for me in my kit and charmin!

Would love to see the campaign bag video

I would like to see your other gear and bags. Thanks

Please do the campaign bag video, I leave tomorrow to head up to my first Wildland fire job. Your previous War Bag videos were very helpful but I would love to see what it’s turned into now. Thanks for all you do Cody

Wool is wonderful - unless you are allergic to it. What do you do then?

Super good content thanks man

As a fellow WL firefighter I hope you stay safe buddy

Very interested in the Campaign bag and how it’s packed.

Yes please on the rest of your wildland kit!

I’d like to see the campaign bag!

You should check out source water bladders, they are made in Israel, they are a lot better than the camelbak’s and they have an attachment that goes on the hose, and you can put water bottles onto it and refill your bladder while it’s in the bag still they make great stuff