This video is one of the best videos that shows how hard these guys work. Watching as they literally dig up trench lines and climb steep mountainous terrain just to try and slow a small section of the brushfires. Great work
I'm retired from the U.S. Forest Service with my last 18 years on the job in California. The first 4 years of my career was in fire management, but I continued to develop my emergency management skills after leaving it for recreation and lands management. I had a couple of friends on the Angeles when this happened. The Station fire is a tear jerker for me given the LAC fatalities. Such a shame. I was on 108 fires and 2 of those with one or more fatalities. It puts such a pall on everyone that it is a challenge to get back up and do your job. You can't let it distract you or you end up in a bind yourself. It gets my blood boiling to remember that this was an arson fire. People might notice that some helicopter drops look like they have a black retardant in them and on other drops the water looks white. This is not retardant, the helos sometimes dip or pick up water from a river, sometimes from shallow ponds and lakes. They pick up mud when they do so. Sometimes they pick up water from deeper lakes where the water is clean and sometimes from large portable tanks filled from hydrants (preferable) or water tenders with thousands of gallons per load. The public often refers to these tenders as water tankers, but the Incident Command System nomenclature calls them water tenders so they aren't confused with "air tankers." There are also fuel tenders, helicopter tenders and the similar.
The view of the people trying to evacuate horses is exactly like it goes nearly every time. Horses get spooked when there is smoke in the air. A normally docile horse that is easy to trailer, becomes a demon right in front of your eyes. It is pure fear that does this, just at the time you need them to be docile. It pains me to watch horses with fear in their eyes and nostrils.
The LACoFD video on fire suppression aid is truly the most comprehensive video about wildland fires & what those boys do out there, and I mean thru out ALL of RU-vid ...it's jaw dropping and we appreciate ALL YOU FIREFIGHTERS DO FOR OUR COMMUNITIES!!!!!
Fantastic coverage, we are experiencing the worst fire season in the last 50 yrs where I live in Northwestern Ontario - over 140 fires right now some several miles long.
I Fought This Fire As An Inmate I was On Crew 19-4 Second Saw I Ended Up 1ST SAW For 16 hrs... Lost Two Firefighters Mr. Q And Cpt. Hall..Even though I was.an inmate I take great pride what we Did That First Night..
Johnny Santa Cruz Thanks for your comment Johnny and thank you for stepping up to work the line. Inmate or not, you guys bust your butts to do that job and the public needs to know that you're out there saving their lives and property. I've had friends who worked on inmate crews and it's noble work to say the least. I hope everything worked out for you in the end and again, thanks for working that line!
Thank you..your words means a great deal..yes all worked out I'm now married and have a 1yrs old dauther changed my life for the better..thank you all who fought on that line..."Get Some"
Can only imagine what wildfires will be like this yr in ca with years of drought. I don't know if even Smokey the bear will be able to prevent them this season.
I spent 21 days on this incident, working with a 20 man handcrew. My sqd. and I were assigned to the staion That burned down. We rehung/flew a flag on the station pole.In Honor of the 2 fallen firefighters and the station...
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With one foot on the black ground, against the fire and always supporting friends!
Californias wildfire season seems to be nearly all 12 months of the year. God bless firefighters and i pray you guys and gals stay safe and get home ok.
If the Fire Fighters carried a echo multi tool weed wacker they could cut that brush a lot easier and faster and without the risk of the chain saw muffler close to the brush .Then they could switch out the brush cutter to a tiller and put the area down to tilled dirt .
Seeking still photos of Station Fire memorial etc Son was a member of the Camp 16 crew and was a pall bearer for Ted Hall and Arnie Quinones therefore he got now photos Would like to have some of the tributes prior to the memorial service too
So sad to hear stories of folks passing for simply being heroes. I'm curious, though. This fire was enormous. I remember how long it took to get it under control. How can investigators identify as being arson when thousands upon thousands of acres have burned?
Investigators typically only need to investigate the point of origin of a fire to hopefully determine the cause. The origin is often recognized and preserved earlier in a wildfire versus a structure fire if first-in units arrive early enough.
Hi Firegroundaction I’m writing from Pioneer Productions, a TV production company based in the UK, where we are currently working on a weather series for a major US broadcaster and international distribution. We would love to feature this video 'Station Fire Compilation - August 28-30, 2009' in our program. If you are happy to grant us permission to use this content please reply back via email Alexa.Waugh@pioneertv.com . Hopefully hear from you soon Kind Regards Alexa
Zastanawia mnie jedno dlaczego zrzuty wody nie są prosto na czoło pożaru tylko przed przecież w ten sposób przy tej temperaturze powietrza i tym wietrze woda zdąży wyparować dodać temperature w pozarze to to jest tylko marnowanie środków i wody
Używam tłumacza Google, więc proszę o wybaczenie błędów w moim poście. Zwykle śmigłowce próbują dostać się jak najniżej i jak najbliżej linii ognia, ponieważ jest to znacznie bardziej skuteczne. Możliwe, że wiatry były zbyt duże, aby zapewnić bezpieczną pracę na małej wysokości.
Gladys Gutierrez I know I would certainly love that job! Great friends, helping the community when they are in desperate need for help, decent pay with overtime, and amazing stories to tell...all that and also amazing conditioning to keep in shape 👌🏽
