Staging for IA

Here we are in Mcdermit Nevada. Our assignment is initial attack. So if there is a new start we will go after it. They are expecting lightning. We have a huge area to cover. From here to Burns jcn to Rome to the Id border and along the Nevada border. It could be really boring or real exciting. For now I have cell service but if we move we may be out of service for a couple of days. Stay tuned..

Dispatched Again

We just got a dispatch to Mcdermit. We will be on the Long draw fire. I doubt we will have a signal but if we do I will keep you up to date.

Zion National Park

Here is some shots of the park. The pictures don't do the park justice.

    

   

Temporarily Home

We made it home late last night. The fire was good. It's good to be home, however we are washing  getting ready for the next run. We may be gone sometime today [provided we can get ready] or tomorrow to the next fire,.

We had a detour yesterday. We were so close we passed through Zion National Park. It was amazing! If I have time I will go ahead and put some on later.

I am sorry I didn't have an update every day but the cell phone signal was poor at best.That is usually the case on a wildfire incident. I hope you enjoyed following along. I will continue to bring about mobile updates as I can on the next one.

Progress on shingle fire

We are making good progress on the fire. I dont know what the containment is officially but we have been mopping up to 300'. There is going to be some rehab work done on the fire lines a d they have opened roads. They are also letting people back into their homes.

The picture is of drop point 10. This is where we meet before we get to the fire and after for a while breifing

A couple of pics

Fire camp and a helicopter assisting the fire.

Fire evacuation

We this is the first time ive had to evacuate a fire due to rain. We had a thunder shower that didnt have a lot of rain but enough to make it nearly impassible. At briefing they warned about the soil here. It gets pretty messy.
As for the fire well we made good progress today. The rain helped to. I hope to have more posts later but the signal is scetchy at best. Stay tuned....