2007 Fire Season Roll Call

**zion zig zag** · 07-25-2007, 10:25 AM

Originally Posted by FreakofSnow

Flykdog - Do you guys go out on contract?

No, these are just fires on the bench above the houses in Ogden. The city limit extends several hundred yards above the top row of houses. Once it's above the canal road (the general boundry), fires are a FS problem.

**ill-advised strategy** · 07-25-2007, 11:16 AM

that was probably H-310, the local wasatch 206L4.

I think I was on my way from AZ to WY on that day.

Spent a few days on the SaltLick mountain/ Pole Creek (heh...we were hoping they'd burn together and we could call 'em the pole lick complex) east of Jackson...then it was off to Garden Valley ID for small IA. No pics

I've been too busy/engaged to mess with a camera. Sorry.

The small IA out of Garden Valley eventually became the Middle Fork Complex. I think our module of 6 got 4 of the 40 or so small fires. I spent last week staffing 2 of those with one other guy. It was pretty amazing to fly around because it was either clear with huge capping columns in all directions or it was completely, absolutely smoked in to the point of having to abort missions.

Good times. Central Idaho is the place to be right now.

**wolfy** · 07-25-2007, 11:52 AM

yeti- are you with Kaibab? they sat in front of our station for a week

flykdog- deepest sympathies on the 5", sounds like a tylenol moment to me.

had the opportunity to see some "extreme" fire behavior from Kanapali to the Reno city limits in 72 hrs. things are out of whack way early this year, it all looked like Norcal in '87.
we did a 32 hr. extended IA on the Hawken Fire at Reno. went from structure protection to an 11hr burnout that went from city limits to wilderness area. no compliants on repacking 12 gal. of drip mix...

be safe out there, watch your back

**ill-advised strategy** · 07-25-2007, 07:17 PM

nope, I'm with Wasatch. But the Wasatch national type 2's home for the 1st 60 days of the season is at Green Base, Williams AZ with Kaibab...and those guys were right next to us at the Salt Lick dealio in Wy last week, and their ship and our ship both come from HX so it's all that small world stuff.

**Meadow Skipper** · 07-25-2007, 08:44 PM

Fuck! I like never hit the Padded Room and missed this thread until now. I'm an idiot.

Congrats to Yetiman for the rotorhead job and to MT for surivivng rookie training. Way to go guys!

All the best to everyone on the line this season. Work hard and smart but be safe and get home to people that care for you. My sincere best wishes for you. Lotsa oats but good knees and good rest.

Me, I hung those up.

**SKISC** · 07-25-2007, 09:12 PM

I missed this when it was posted but just want to say thanks to Yeti and all other firemen here for all that you do.

**FreakofSnow** · 07-25-2007, 10:31 PM

Originally Posted by flykdog

No, these are just fires on the bench above the houses in Ogden. The city limit extends several hundred yards above the top row of houses. Once it's above the canal road (the general boundry), fires are a FS problem.

Ah, yeah I was just wondering. Our department in the last 5 years has grown a very successfull wildland program. We went from never having sent a single person or piece of equipment out of the city to sending up to 10 FF and engines all over the nation.

It has become a great source of income for the department and great training for all. And of great importance, a fat $$$$cow for all of us. Plus the city and FD love it. All the money that is made contracting out a few pieces of equip (type 6, tender, type 2) is rolled into the wildland slush fund to buy more equip.

The Derby fire last year (*see http://tetongravity.com/forums/showthread.php?t=61946) brought me about 200 hour of overtime in 2 weeks

**RootSkier** · 07-26-2007, 08:29 AM

Looks like it will be a cash cow again this summer...it looked like a wall of death coming over the top of Mill Point last night

, and the north valley was damn thick with smoke..and we don't even have any local fires yet.

**SherpaStyle** · 08-01-2007, 04:13 PM

I thought I was gonna be a broke engine slug this year, but it's August and I've only driven the engine once and that was to go to district orientation to show off the shiny new engine to the rest of the circus.

I just got back from a month with the shot crew. Somehow I managed to take an Assistant Engine detail on the district and still fill in as a squadie for a month on the shot crew. We went to the Citadel Fire outside of Cody, WY for the beginning of the first roll. My knee got hammered from lots of downhill hiking in shitty rocky steep country, but it was a fun fire. We burned out for a few days, watched it blow out on us one day and caught it the next day. Last roll was pretty lame. We got holed up on an 80 acre fire on our own forest while the shit was hittin the fan everywhere else.

I just got home and was preparing myself for a little vacation on the district, but got a call from dispatch today asking if I wanted to be a crewboss trainee. So, I'm off to Kendrick, ID-dont know the name of the fire.

Hope you're all rolling in OaTs too!

**FrankZappa** · 08-01-2007, 04:53 PM

Looks like MT & ID are quite the tinder box. 23 large fires, close to 1 million acres.

Watch yourself and your crews and be safe brothers and sisters!

**Woodsy** · 08-01-2007, 05:16 PM

yeti still going stong glad to see it
I need stache pics senor
you gonna be off by labor day?

**FreakofSnow** · 08-05-2007, 08:49 AM

Whoa doggy, the air in Missoula is now officially crap. Evacuations up in the Seeley area and ID is throwing over major plumes. Just got back from driving tender for a private company on the Poe Cabin. It was pretty interesting driving a 60000 pound semi on a one lane road in the woods. I got'er down and now roll no clutch stylie, straight RPM's baby.

Pics of the rig:

Got another assignment with the FD to leave at noon today for the Rattlesnake complex (in Elk City, ID). Smells like $$$$$$$$$$$$. Cya in 2 weeks beotches.

**ill-advised strategy** · 08-11-2007, 07:34 AM

way to tenderize it

**Gebster** · 08-17-2007, 06:50 PM

Any Magg's working on the Zaca fire out here in Socal?

**wolfy** · 08-18-2007, 01:05 PM

thats a-firm, unknown zone, currently out of commo...

MT · 08-21-2007, 10:11 AM

Here are a few pics from the season so far. Spent some time in Missoula, then boosted AK, West Yellowstone and Miles City.

Water Jump

Condon - Practice Jump

Nice Find

Some Night Ops

Staying Busy In Miles City

Standing By To Standby

Down Time

Getting Creative

Our Ride Home

Stopping For Gas

Cargo

Staying Dry

**FreakofSnow** · 08-29-2007, 11:39 PM

Sick pics MT, especially the one of you gals brownin' down on the tarmac.

Here's a few from my last assignment. See 2 full weeks of being one lazy ass line EMT

Totally Type II

Had to sneak a quick pic of the radness type II mully

Finally someone else dippin' beside me and my cope

"Yeah, we're gonna go do some recon on the division"

The ducks came in for a day and showed us how they roll

Purty lil barn

Getting after it red flag style

**ill-advised strategy** · 09-12-2007, 11:13 PM

pretty good fire outside of ogden right now.

backing down into ogden canyon. going to get some sleep and be back on it tomorrow.

total sneak attack. I PT'd way way too hard this morning to be on the line tonight.

**~mikey b** · 09-13-2007, 07:43 AM

Danner Flashpoint fire boots, size 11.5 for sale on Telemarktips for $100

not my boots

**zion zig zag** · 09-13-2007, 09:04 AM

Originally Posted by YetiMan

pretty good fire outside of ogden right now.

backing down into ogden canyon. going to get some sleep and be back on it tomorrow.

total sneak attack. I PT'd way way too hard this morning to be on the line tonight.

I was wondering if you were there, for some reason it always happens when I'm on shift, so if you want a calender showing c-shift days so you know when to pt hard, let me know.

I was with a truck co. doing structure protection so it was pretty easy work for this fire. Extend ladder, flow 1000 gpms, wet down the houses and drink coffee.

**FreakofSnow** · 09-17-2007, 10:52 AM

Originally Posted by telemike

Danner Flashpoint fire boots, size 11.5 for sale on Telemarktips for $100

not my boots

Sorry, if they ain't Whites.....they ain't worth a damn. Mine have seen better days but they're like slippers!

**ill-advised strategy** · 10-12-2007, 02:58 AM

It's over, tomorrow is my last day on "intermittent" status. Then I'm done done for the season.

around 700ish hours OT this summer. How'd you guys do?

**Buzzworthy** · 10-12-2007, 11:42 AM

Glad you are back and safe Yeti. Hope to see you soon.

BTW, part of the Solisunday crew this year!

VC · 10-13-2007, 09:58 AM

700 hours
10 jumps
2 weeks of playing with explosives in Glacier
And most importantly, rookie season over.

**Meadow Skipper** · 10-21-2007, 03:51 PM

Bump because there must be some more OT-reports out there.

YM - nice total, 700 hours usually meant a fat winter for me.

VC - congrats on surviving rookie year. Now you'll be a dreaded snookie. Was that 10 fire jumps? If so, that's pretty good.

In my second-only non-fire season since 1974, I skied into June, did more fly fishing and mtn bike riding than ever, got an adobe wall repaired and the garage re-stuccoed, and had a great trip into the high Sierra during the height of fire season. I could get used to this.

Hope everyone had a safe, lucrative season and got lots of good stories.