!['Happy 71st Birthday to SMOKEY the BEAR
"Only YOU c an prevent forest fires"
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!['Florida Fire Service sent a crew to Northern California to assist wildfire suppression efforts.
The crew will battle mountainous wildfires in Northern California using hand tools like shovels, axes and rakes to manually create a fire break or fire line around the wildfire perimeter.
Also pictured Georgia Forestry Commission, Alabama Forestry Commission; U.S. Forest Service.
Thanks for your help Brothers... we can use it!
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!['Detroit - Van Dyke and Harper
Detroit Box Alarm 8-5-15
Photos by Mike Ferdinande - @[213355035463029:274:Metro Detroit Fire Photography]
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!['On this date August 5, in 1949 the "Mann Gulch" fire was a wildfire reported in a gulch located along the upper Missouri River in the Gates of the Mountains Wilderness, Helena National Forest, in the state of Montana in the United States.
A team of 15 smokejumpers parachuted into the area on the afternoon of August 5, 1949 to fight the fire, rendezvousing with a former smokejumper who was employed as a fire guard at the nearby campground.
As the team approached the fire to begin fighting it, unexpected high winds caused the fire to suddenly expand, cutting off the men's route and forcing them back uphill.
During the next few minutes, a "blow-up" of the fire covered 3,000 acres (1,200 ha) in ten minutes, claiming the lives of 13 firefighters, including 12 of the smokejumpers. Three of the smokejumpers survived. The fire would continue for five more days before being controlled.
The United States Forest Service drew lessons from the tragedy of the Mann Gulch fire by designing new training techniques and safety measures that developed how the agency approached wildfire suppression. The agency also increased emphasis on fire research and the science of fire behavior.
University of Chicago English professor and author Norman Maclean (1902–1990) researched the fire and its behavior for his book, Young Men and Fire (1992) which was published after his death.
Maclean, who worked northwestern Montana in logging camps and for the forest service in his youth, recounted the events of the fire and ensuing tragedy and undertook a detailed investigation of the fire's causes.
Young Men and Fire won the National Book Critics Circle Award for non-fiction in 1992
The burnover on the Mann Gulch fire transformed the wildland fire service this day in 1949.
Please take a moment to honor the lives lost and learn from this tragedy.
Wildland Fire Leadership has an EXCELLENT lesson here:
http://bit.ly/1qVhON3
RIP Brave Brothers who went before us:
Those that were killed by the fire:
Robert J. Bennett, age 22, from Paris, Tennessee
Eldon E. Diettert, age 19, from Moscow, Idaho, died on his 19th birthday
James O. Harrison, Helena National Forest Fire Guard, age 20,
from Missoula, Montana
William J. Hellman, age 24, from Kalispell, Montana
Philip R. McVey, age 22, from Babb, Montana
David R. Navon, age 28, from Modesto, California
Leonard L. Piper, age 23, from Blairsville, Pennsylvania
Stanley J. Reba, from Brooklyn, New York
Marvin L. Sherman, age 21, from Missoula, Montana
Joseph B. Sylvia, age 24, from Plymouth, Massachusetts
Henry J. Thol, Jr., age 19, from Kalispell, Montana
Newton R. Thompson, age 23, from Alhambra, California
Silas R. Thompson, age 21, from Charlotte, North Carolina
Those who survived:
R. Wagner (Wag) Dodge, Missoula SJ foreman, age 33 at the time of the fire. Wag died 5 years after the fire from Hodgkin's disease.
Walter B. Rumsey, age 21 at time of the fire, from Larned, Kansas. Rumsey died in an airplane crash in 1980, age 52.
Robert W. Sallee, youngest man on the crew, age 17 at time of the fire, from Willow Creek, Montana. Last survivor of the smoke jumpers. Died May 29, 2014.
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!['Amazing shot from a McCall, Idaho smokejumper boosting over to Redding, California.
There have been multiple starts across Northern California.
With drought conditions and extreme heat, the fires in Northern California will be hard to control.
(“Boosting” is smokejumper terminology for temporarily being stationed at a smokejumper base away from their home duty station.)
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!['"Our department makes 1,120 calls per day.
Do you know how many of those calls the public expects perfection on? 1,120.
Nobody ever calls the fire department and says, 'Send me 2 dumb-ass firefighters in a pick-up truck'.
In 3 minutes they want 5 brain surgeon - decathlon champions to come out and solve all their problems."
Chief John Eversole, Chicago Fire Department
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!['Nearly 7000 firefighters are battling 14 major fires throughout California, please keep them in your thoughts and prayers.
Murrieta Firefighters Local 3540 have 4 guys on the OES 8634 Brush Truck at the Willow Fire.
Great job Brothers keep up the strong work.
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Note to self - Don't set fire to things inside cars.. Street FX Motorsport & Graphics
Engine 3 was put into service today by E3B Crew. Less than 15 minutes later it gets its first Working House Fire. Engine 3 does not have the new car smell any longer.
Brotherhood of Fire shared Fuel's video.
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Dads. Yes, they may bumble along, but every now and then, employing unconventional and untested methods, they ninja in and save the day.
Metro Detroit Fire Photography added 17 new photos to the album: Detroit - Van Dyke and Harper — with Darrell Tucker.
Detroit Box Alarm 8-5-15
Photos by Mike Ferdinande
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