hilltophunter

Sorry to read of this. They were in operation today as I had seen a few landing. Rest in peace

Great shot of the action. It could have got ugly with the wind blowing the way it was. Great job by all involved

That was on your toes thinking. Hmmmm there has to be a formula for that.

That is awesome congrats Jason.

Great shots. I missed the entire thing... again.

I agree it is much easier to return equipment than it is to have the dispatched when the water is about to run out. Like 51 said foam will reduce the water consumption and "buy" time to get the MA rolling in. What about the middle of the day fires when MA has response time of 20 plus minutes?

I should be there. I can video it as well.

we are fortunate enough to have PPE for brush fires. I couldnt imagine trudging around in full gear.

Mark I noticed over the years there has been more equipment than the Blue Crew has now any particulars on it?

nice shots Mark. I turned around on County route 83 when they canceled us.

Thanks for the info. I was trying to figure that out as well. What is really surprising is how deep they are.

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Nice

We got the shirts last night...... dont forget to come check out our new 11

When my wife was doing her student teaching she was a home bound tutor, they had her scheduled to go there and when she arrived one of the kids sent a dog after her. Needless to say she did not stick around in there.

It is going to be a great day....

Good job guys. Sorry I missed that one.

Yes they are "trying" to make things cheaper for us tax payers. Like Richie said.... we will be paying in another way thats all.

I have been researching these roofs since this fire..they are very popular over in the UK...a buddy of mine and fireman from Millbrook sent me a text...apparentrly what they do over in the UK is to soak the thacth with a heavy coat of foam to slow the burn, then work off an aerial to scrape away the straw material (which comes in 4, 12, or 18 inch thickness depending on the pitch of the roof - here we were confronted with a 12 inch layer) to the roof material itself, then proceed to vent.

This is obviously a time and manpower intensive operation.

I have never been a fan of the CAFS engines that are gaining popularity around here, always preferred to "do it the old, snotty way with water", but this would have been a great incident for CAFS application early ii, based on that research.

Finally finally

Great play by play Dan

I think it will be a good turn out. Guess I will see you at the Pond.....

I am in the process of learning it with my 10 year old daughter.

Great pictures Aaron. I think my Dad is in 2 of them. Classics right there.

It was really cold . I went to the scene briefly and was really feeling for the folks that had been there for a large amount of time...

I can start in Amenia and head that way

I have noticed that as well..... Why is that done? As a mod in other forums that is micro managing and frowned upon.

Maybe add a pinned topic with some abbreviations that are used on here.