Fire

[Drptrch]

Sad news. CalFire MVU Engineer LODD on thomas Fire near Fillmore, Ca.
New evac orders in that area today.
Details pending


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[2dogs]

Engineer Cory Iverson. Your brothers and sisters will take it from here.

 

[RandyMac]

He got over run.

Cal Fire San Diego Unit Fire Apparatus Engineer Cory Iverson died from thermal injuries and smoke inhalation, an autopsy performed Friday found, according to the Ventura County Medical Examiner Office.

 

[Drptrch]

Big Iron workin the “Thomas Fire,

Checkout the freeway going up the other side [emoji106][emoji106]


Erik

 

[2dogs]

The local dozer club out for a Sunday drive.

 

[madhatte]

3 blades wide is pretty impressive!

 

[Ted Jenkins]

Back in my USDA days about 40 years ago my district was called to deal with a growing fog layer in Northern California most of my crew rode a bouncing bus to the Staging site, but we had a DC-3 that no one believed that we could get along with out. So the over head told the tractor boys put in a little air strip and by morning sure enough there it was fully loaded with all kinds of equipment. Thanks

 

[Drptrch]

6 blades + on parts of the Stanislaus Rim fire a few years back

AKA - “Dodge Ridge” bypass


Erik

 

[madhatte]

Nice park. When are they gonna install the campsites?

 

[Ted Jenkins]

One time when working in the Ochoco National Forest. After grading a little landing strip we had portable showers a small store a trailer mounted grill enough camping spots for 2,000 and a pile of 20,000 sleeping bags most new in just 30 hours. My pilot only allowed the same amount of equipment that I jumped off with to get back on with. I did manage to grab some shake and bake tents though. After 15 days the tractor crews started burying all the equipment. Thanks

 

[Drptrch]

One time when working in the Ochoco National Forest. After grading a little landing strip we had portable showers a small store a trailer mounted grill enough camping spots for 2,000 and a pile of 20,000 sleeping bags most new in just 30 hours. My pilot only allowed the same amount of equipment that I jumped off with to get back on with. I did manage to grab some shake and bake tents though. After 15 days the tractor crews started burying all the equipment. Thanks

Govt at work. That’s like the 50,000 tons of ice unused after Katrina but stored for a year [emoji13][emoji13]


Erik

 

[Drptrch]

Merry Christmas All and a Safe New Year !!


Erik

 

[2dogs]

Merry Christmas Drip and everyone else here.

Hey could you do me a favor? I would like to see what kind of heavy equipment problems have occurred on the Thomas and other fires. A friend of mine who is contracting one dozer told me last week there has been around ten roll overs, a couple burned, a masticator burned, a couple excavators roll, one burned. Is there a way to find this on the internet? Even my cats walking on my computer have found where the info might be. How about you?

 

[TBS]

 

[atpchas]

Striking visualization of Thomas fire:
https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=91466

 

[madhatte]

That is a sobering and impressive image. As a GIS guy, though, I wonder how they did that narrow focal length effect where the distant background is out of focus? I could use that.

 

[atpchas]

Thomas fire - rather hellish, no?

Firefighters monitor a section of the Thomas Fire along the 101 freeway, north of Ventura, Calif., on Dec. 7.

 

[madhatte]

That is an excellent picture. I do wish the FF's hadn't allowed themselves to be photographed with their shirts untucked and no shelter on their person, though. I'm guessing they didn't know there was a camera there.

 

[Drptrch]

FWIW -Shirts are tucked , Jackets (Ca) are not.
Probably residual from a firing op. If they on a roadway I imagine their line gear is close.
Low intensity and the roadway is the TRA


Erik

 

[madhatte]

Oh, I know. I just have to worry about appearances because it's always my ass that gets chewed when my crew is slacking. Habit, yo.