First, we were sent out to Tumbler Ridge, where we worked on three different fires, one of which actually caused the town to be evacuated for a few days. The fire we spent the most time on was out the Wapiti Forest Service Road and in the mountains where I had done some hiking before.
We got a great smoke and flame show right from the camp where we were staying. The first night that we were sent out to the fire, we actually thought that we were helping to tear down the camp because they were worried about it burning over. It was a little unsettling to hear that we were actually going to stay and sleep in it instead!
This was the most impressive fire behavior that we've seen in a long time...which got us all pretty excited.
The perfect helipad - on a sandbar in the beautifully clear and cold Wapiti River.
You don't see this every day - a helicopter had a mechanical problem when it was flying right over where we were working and got his bucket caught in a tree and had to drop it. The pilot was pretty excited when he found out that we had found it and cut it down because I guess these things cost over $20,000. If this ever happens again, I think we'll sell it on eBay.
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