Thursday, February 18, 2016

Spike Camp on the Route Complex

Many times the "Spike" word isn't what a firefighter wants to hear. We normally like base camp, where we can get a shower and a good hot meal. Being spiked usually sucks. There are no places to go...well you know. If we do get food it is at best out of a bucket. Usually your choice of meal is a MRE or an MRE. Not exactly the meal of champions.
However once in a while you get a sweet "Spike" camp. When you do you want to stay. This was like that. It had a great view and it was peaceful and quiet. Unfortunately our Division Supervisor didn't like it so he arranged for us to go back to camp the next day. But we enjoyed the spot while we were there. Below is some of the photos of Spike camp:


Food Line....And you see places to "go"

Breakfast line



We had breakfast and then also was the radio briefing. It is a little bit different way to get our assignment for the day. We did some prep work for a controlled burn. The Idea is to further secure the line. On my next post I will show you what we did. You may see some fire to.......

1 comment:

  1. Love seeing the pictures and hearing how things work. Enjoy seeing what you do. Thanks!

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