Unpopular opinion: If the fire crews had a better sense of priority when interacting with the front of the flames, the flames wouldn't stand a chance. Yet with all the inaction I've seen from all the footage of these wildfires, where there's dozens of fire fighters with hoses around 20-50 feet from the front of the fire, where the fire fighters just put water on the already spent fuel (ASHES) while completely ignoring the dry brush between them and the fire. Absolutely disgusting the waste of resources, now that doesn't mean I'm saying the resources shouldn't be used. What I'm actually saying is they should be used by people that have an idea of what they're doing.
I disagree with you completely. I watched nearly the entire fire fight. They did exactly what they were supposed to do, when they were supposed to do it and how they were supposed to do it. The extra resources, that looked like they were doing nothing, were placed where they were for a reason. They were NOT being wasted. Areas you saw them hosing that you considered 'out', were not. Several of them flamed up again, and that is why the continue to hose those areas. Also, the 'front' of the fire is called the 'head', not the front.
@@jazzcatt Hence why I said unpopular opinion. I'm not a fire fighter but I do have a few brain cells to rub together for warmth, so I have a question for you. Given what you say, how do you explain a heli pilot dropping water several feet away from a freshly starting fire? In my mind, the extra time spent aiming the drop properly would completely be worth it more than dropping it somewhere within 200 ft and then spending 5 - 10 min letting it spread to get more water.
@@Kraang That sir, is simple to explain. The pilot is human. We ALL make mistakes. You really should watch a lot of footage of water drops from helos and fixed wing aircraft. There are a lot of misses, but even close to the flames is helpful.
