Wildland Firefighting Night Ops

[CHUCK79]

Got to do some back-burning at night on my last assignment.









Enjoyin' my two days R&R and then I'm back at it

[expat]

Fire in the day is bad enough, but at night....respect...!

Matt

[Fozzer]

Blimey... ...!

I am daily following the Wildfires (and drought) on the South West coast, Oregon and California, on the Kron 4 and LA news, but I didn't realise that the wildfires were also occurring high up in Washington State, (KOMK) close to the Canadian Border!

Paul.....Respect to Fire-fighters!... ...!

[CHUCK79]

Blimey... ...!

I am daily following the Wildfires (and drought) on the South West coast, Oregon and California, on the Kron 4 and LA news, but I didn't realise that the wildfires were also occurring high up in Washington State, (KOMK) close to the Canadian Border!

Paul.....Respect to Fire-fighters!... ...!

It's bad up here.......This is my back yard.
http://www.king5.com/story/news/local/w ... /32103005/

http://www.khq.com/story/29834926/okano ... 8000-acres

http://www.king5.com/story/news/local/w ... /31987159/

[Fozzer]

Ta for the K5 News, Chuck....Bookmarked it in my "News" Folder to keep a track on it!

I always imagine Washington State to be either drenched in rain, or buried under snow (high latitude), for most of the year!

I am surprised that it is so dry as to create Wildfires, like the present South-Western States!

It looks really bad...with loss of life!

Paul.

http://kron4.com/2015/08/20/3-firefight ... k-vehicle/

[logjam]

30 homes lost in the Rock Creek area of BC, right close to the Border. Provincial Camp-site at Kettle River evacuated, Trailers and vans lost to fire. Campers were safely evacuated. All due to a careless smoker.

[Dave T]

A lot of respect to all the firefighters involved keep safe Dave.