Video training on the MARK-3® fire pump WATERAX - Demonstration of water hose connection and common priming techniques for the MARK-3® fire pump. https://youtu.be/xL6zFrD_WmU
Shelter Deployment: Mudd Fire, Nevada 2006
Lessons learned On August 23, 2006, approximately 5:41 p.m. a burnover and fire shelter deployment occurred involving a BLM type VI engine near mile marker 37 on State Route 225 located in Elko County, Nevada. While suppressing a wildfire two BLM...
MARK-3® Pump Operations: Fuel Setup
Setting up the fuel for your MARK-3® Pump WATERAX - Information on the MARK-3® fire pump fuel mixture, connections and priming. https://youtu.be/rv2_NREBBo8
MARK-3® Pump Operations: Pump Site and Setup
General guidelines for your MARK-3® Pump WATERAX - General guidelines on locating and preparing a suitable pumping site for the MARK-3® fire pump. https://youtu.be/VosB4XHfW7M
Report: Massive Fire Tornado Enveloped California Firefighter
Initial details of deaths of firefighter and bulldozer operator SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A firefighter who died while helping people evacuate a Northern California blaze was killed by a fire tornado that at one point reached a temperature of 2,700 degrees...
Texas Native Pilots 747 Supertanker
Valdez began firefighting as a teen FORT WORTH (FOX4 News) - A Fort Worth man is helping out by flying above the flames of the historic California wildfires. Marcos Valdez has been in California piloting a 747 jet that gets so close to the fires, the...
Firefighters Challenged by Biggest Blaze in California’s History
Wildfire is nearly the size of Los Angeles By PAUL ELIAS, Associated Press Firefighters struggled against rugged terrain, high winds and an August heat wave Tuesday to slow the spread of the biggest wildfire ever recorded in California, an inferno that...
Wildfires Threaten 10,000 Homes in California
Two fires have burned over 100 square miles By MARCIO JOSE SANCHEZ and SUDHIN THANAWALA, Associated Press LAKEPORT, Calif. (AP) — Twin wildfires tearing through vineyards and brushy hills threatened some 10,000 homes in Northern California Tuesday — yet...
Lolo Peak Fire Fatality Report
Type 2 Faller fatally struck by a falling snag The Lolo Peak Fire was detected on July 15, 2017, at approximately 1430 (2:30 p.m.) in a unique section of the Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness. The Bitterroot National Forest (Bitterroot NF) administers this...
Wildfires Force Evacuations in Washington and Oregon
Over 700 homes evacuated in Spokane SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — A small but fast-moving wildfire in Spokane prompted evacuation notices for more than 700 homes, authorities said Tuesday. The so-called Upriver Beacon Fire, which was less than 1 square mile (2.6...
Crews Retrieve Body of Firefighter in California Wildfire
Heavy fire equipment operator Braden Varney died in steep, rugged terrain MARIPOSA, Calif. (AP) — A deadly wildfire near Yosemite National Park shrouded the popular destination in smoke and left some tourist-dependent businesses hurting Monday, but...
Colorado Wildfire Technical Rescue Training
REMS training with West Metro Fire Rescue West Metro Fire Rescue - West Metro has launched a REMS team- a rapid extraction/extrication team- specially trained and assigned to rescue firefighters injured during wildland fires. The team's first assignment...