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Butte Fire Center’s Readiness Drill

Butte Fire Center’s Readiness Drill

The test to pass before going to the fireline     California Conservation Corps - A four-mile hike up 900 feet will exhaust just about anyone. Imagine adding another hour of back breaking work of digging a fire line the length of a football field. It’s the...

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Crews Fight Brush Fire Along California Coast

Crews Fight Brush Fire Along California Coast

Over 150 acres Santa Barbara County     SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (AP) — Winds spread a brush fire over more than 150 acres (61 hectares) along the south Santa Barbara County coast Thursday amid a spell of hot and dry weather. The fire erupted on a ridge near...

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Front Range Fire Rescue, CO SVI Type IV Wildland Unit

Front Range Fire Rescue, CO SVI Type IV Wildland Unit

Chevy Silverado 5500 4x4 chassis     SVIweb - When spec'ing its new Type 6 Wildland Unit, Front Range Fire Rescue chose a Chevy Silverado 5500 4x4 chassis, powered by a 6.7 Durmax Turbo Diesel. This Wildland Unit features a Darley 1.5AGE Fast-Attack 2 Pump...

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Tour: Riverside, CA Brush 7

Tour: Riverside, CA Brush 7

A look at the second section on Engine 7     RFD Training Division - Engineer John Sierra of the Riverside City Fire Department gives a tour and overview of brush truck operations in Riverside City. https://youtu.be/uUBaqJpGW34

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Wildland Fire Research FASMEE

Wildland Fire Research FASMEE

Fire and Smoke Model Evaluation Experiments     U.S. Forest Service - Fire and Smoke Model Evaluation Experiment, FASMEE, is an event for researchers to learn from a large scale wild fire and help add data to fire models....

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Surprise, AZ SVI Type VI Wildland Unit

Surprise, AZ SVI Type VI Wildland Unit

A new wildland rig for Surprise   SVIweb - When spec'ing its new SVI-built Type 6 Wildland Unit, the Surprise, AZ Fire-Medical Department chose a Dodge Ram 5500 4x4 Crew Cab, powered by a 6.7L I6 Cummins Turbo Diesel. This brush truck is equipped with a Waterous...

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Playing with Fire

Playing with Fire

Behind the scenes with smokejumpers     U.S. Forest Service - A personal behind the scenes look at what Smokejumpers encounter from the locker room to a live fire on the forest ground. https://youtu.be/A6QfMdKCkzE

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Wildfire Causes Evacuations in Norco, California

Wildfire Causes Evacuations in Norco, California

Some 1,500 people affected     NORCO, Calif. (AP) — A wind-driven wildfire triggered evacuations and briefly threatened hundreds of homes Tuesday in an equestrian community in the inland region of Southern California, where little rain has fallen this...

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