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- This morning, a contract firefighter died in Napa County. His truck rolled over the edge of a steep road as he rushed to get more water to battle the Nuns fire, one of 14 still raging in Northern California.
It was the first death of a firefighter and the 41st death overall from wildfires that are among the worst in the state’s history. In eight days, they’ve burned more than 213,000 acres, destroyed close to 5700 structures and forced the evacuations of at least 40,000 people.
11,000 firefighters are still battling the deadly blazes. VICE News spent 24 hours with a crew working around the clock on the northern edge of the Nuns fire.
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Respect for the men and woman dealing with this disaster at the frontline !
David Middleton *men
Women!? Thats funny
LOL WOMEN HAHAHA
Oh my god... do y’all have respect? Jesus.
@@Rey-yt3gn yeah.....there are also women firefighters doing this stuff, show a little respect please
CRAZY scary working, exhausted, so close to, well, in the fire! Much heartfelt respect!!
The things that these crews do is simply amazing...
My daughter is a wildland firefighter based in Redding Ca. It's been a busy year for her and the crew. The Petersburg fire, the Klamathon fire, the Ferguson fire, the Carr fire, the Ranch and Mendocino complex, the Hirz fire and the Delta fire. Her crew along with hundreds of other firefighters from across the west are now in Florida to help aid in the relief after hurricane Michael. They are all amazing people.
Please do more longer episodes on the fires
Nothing but respect for these men and women, you got this!
"Flag is still up tho" lol I thank all of our firefighters I can only imagine what they put their health through to help us. The bay love you guys
Thank you.
Wish there was more but still a good video.
NORTHERN CALIFORNIA🌟STRONG!
The Purist * Bay Area strong *. we now have a Fire burning in Santa Cruz mountains... my city in south bay area is surrounded by fires, the smoke and smog is dense, you can feel it as you breathe..
We spent 24 Hours to bring you this 3:55 minute clip
Came here to say this, then thought maybe on HBO, instead of TH-cam, there was a longer segment. Does anyone know if they crunched 24 hours into 30 minutes?
It's called "editing". Lots of fire work is waiting, which makes lousy TV.
madhatte73 I understand what editing is. I also understand the routine of a fire fighter. My father used to fight forest fires in lake county.
I think all our concern is if they stayed with these firefighters for 24 hours and only got 4 minutes of usable video, maybe the film crew didn't do a good job.
ToHarsh4blitz I'm not boutta watch 25 minutes of a fire
I'd rather it's concise than overstays it's welcome.
In Portugal we are also struggling , more than 100 deaths this year .
Keep up the good work guys -- thank you for your service.
Thank you for all of your efforts, true heroes
I live in California and I'm so grateful for the first responders we have they are truly amazing people
I was an inmate fire fighter graduate from the Jamestown training center. I am very proud of the work I did and grateful for the opportunity the State Of California gave me to participate in the program. I gained so much from it that I could never repay.
a lot of people are bitching about how thats basically slavery, but i have heard one bad thing about it from anyone whos participated in it or helped train them.
Baseline!????
No you weren't, you are a "Bot" - 🧐✌
Having been through bushfires and family serving as life long firies its beyond me how u managed to turn 24 hours into 4 minutes. its a literal non stop experience..
I just spent this past week in Sonoma County (my hometown and where almost all of my family is) working in evacuation centers and talking with countless strangers and friends alike who have lost their homes and all within, some barely making it out of their homes before the flames consumed the house. I cannot accurately begin to explain the depths of grief, nor the breadth of hope that is being shown there right now. Entire neighborhoods, stores, schools, blocks, businesses, ranches, wineries, etc. gone. All gone. In all the years of my family living where we do in Sonoma County (not far from the ocean, surrounded by rolling green hills and giant redwood trees), we've never seen fire like this. These men and women, all first responders, are coming from far and wide and going above and beyond, often without food, water, bathroom breaks, or sleep for long periods of time, many having lost their own homes. If not for them, the devastation of fires and fools would be thousand-fold. There's a whole lot of hurt in this world right now, and we could all use a hug, some tea, and genuine kindness and caring. Hug those you love, things truly do change in an instant.
I fought 9 wildland fires as a class II guy, and I'm here to tell ya: that shit is rough work. I was young then, couldn't imagine trying to do it in my 40's now. Digging fireline and mopping up hot spots is a far harder day than bucking hay. Then do that for a couple weeks of 12 hour days without a break.
4c1dr3fl3x Thank you for your service
lol, thanks, but I would thank them. On the bright side: Firecamps feed you GOOD. When it's chow time, the mess tent gets SERIOUS about the grub.
God bless you!
S/O to firefighters 🔥
those shots of the fire in the end was just crazy, i would like to watch more.
Follow a hotshot crew for a 24 hour shift or even a 16 hours
Thanks for documenting. i'm from Santa Rosa, and I've been stuck in San Francisco for over a week. Finally the evacuation was lifted on my family's home but with my asthma I can't head back just yet...
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Much respect from Alaskan WFF
Anyone else get chills when you saw the flag wow! And the fire fighters that take their time to get the photos and other things out wow!
I salute all those individuals fighting the flames and saving lives true veterans i beleive.
i keep reading stories of how exhausted these fire fighters are getting when they finish their 24hr shifts..
I think that's a CalFire thing -- the rest of us in the wildland community are only allowed 16 per shift, and then are required to take 8 off. It is a safety concern. Deployments can last awhile. 14 days, 2 off, unless deployed with DoD -- then 30.
Pretty sure only applies when we have serious massive fires like what is going on right now. Normally calfire is treated pretty well.
Good content. Do more like this.
God bless you firefighters ❤️ you guys are heroes. You guys are so brave to do what you guys are doing this is scary like you have to be brave in order to fight a huge fire like this I would be so scared ☹️❤️ #godblessfirefighters ❤️
Someone please talk to someone about celebrating these Firefighters that put their heart & soul to saving people's home and neighborhood. God bless them with health and strength.
Thank you Cal Fire
Really see a difference in this fire & the Paradise fire. You actually see burned structures unlike the Campfire catastrophe where homes were decimated.
We spent 24 Hours to bring you this 3:55 minute clip x2
RIP contract firefighter man! They are very brave for doing this work. Hope they're getting paid well.
This Fire was strong that it made it to history, how surprising!
Briefing at 8am? Ours were always 0530. I’m jealous.
These guys are super human heroes
Damn those are some Badass firemen
Respect to those firefighters , but man it sucks seeing those people lose their houses, it sad
Feel so sorry for those affected. Wish I could genuinely help, but nowhere near the US right now :( I hope some charities come out of this to help those affected and with the destruction the fire has caused.
Hey good move on cutting down the burning porch. I was there the same day in the beginning of the video before Cal fire with my hand crew from Oregon as an F2, and when we were about finished digging that line around the house a fuel tank for the generator was letting out gas from the heat of the fire. I seriously thought an animal was burning alive untill it continued screaming, and then the gas started feeding the fire which was when my crew boss pulled out our crew back to the DP. Which was when Cal fire took over. Then halfway down the hill we all heard the fuel tank explode. Good job to everyone who worked on any of the three fires. Too many homes were lost those couple weeks.
Just enjoy the damn video. Go make your own f****** video if you don't like it. I don't agree with everything Vice says but damn, complaining on every freaking video? Give some respect to the firefighters for once.
JohnnyGification One can respect the firefighters while still shitting on Vice's videography. The two are not mutually exclusive.
JohnnyGification they should be doing it for free....
One can also pay for the service instead of being an armchair douchebag. Or maybe start your own news agency?
Can you make one with Hotshots ??!!
THE CAMP FIRE IN PARADISE CALIFORNIA IS NOW THE MOST DESTRUCTIVE FIRE EVER IN CALIFORNIA.
Shits been wild here in Santa Rosa this is cool though
We Spent 24 Hours With A California Firefighting Crew And Got 4 Minutes Footage?
...and you got a 4 min video. wow.
damn.. much respect. it sucks what's going on, but they keep trying. that's what counts.
Wildfire fighters are true heroes. I spent 6 years on the "shots," ran a helitack crew and an engine crew. Also spent 3 years at the National Interagence Fire Center. When I finished getting crazy, I went into religious life. Fires are much worse now and a lot more dangerous.These guys and gals are carrying a tough load. May God bless and preotect them.
Man I wish I could help :(
What qualifications do you have to meet to be a firefighter in (Los Angeles) California?
Real role models , hero etc.
This are the people today’s young society should look up to and respect.
Not the rappers, athletes and actors. Those people do nothing positive and are not role models.
I find it interseting. At the start of the video is it shows a Fire Fighter gathering up Fire Hose using what we call a "Butter Fly". Just a thought.
With 1 1/2" hose it's the easiest way to gather hose during structure protection. The engines have two hooks on the back on which to hang hose. You butterfly the 100' sections, hang i them on the hooks, and move on to the next problem.
He was my Capt. At Valley View CC., Capt B
Shout out to all the californian firefighters from SO.CAL
Am i the only one that only sees a black screen with audio?
poor dog, sad he was left behind
24 hours only 3 min of footage
That is a job. A forreal, forreal job.
spent 24 hours with a fire crew and made not even a 4 minute video..... That's vice for you
Pray for paradise 🙏🏻
Pure elemental warfare.
You should re do this with a forest service hot shot crew
*crew boss*
24 hours with a crew boss
Jesus, I might last an hour out there before being beat..
If you want something longer then watch fire chasers on Netflix 🔥
To those wondering why they're setting fires, it's called Backburning, it's when they set fires to go toward the first fire, it's meant to cut of oxygen supply to the fire and extinguish it, And yes this tactic may backfire and just join into the original fire.
Trees were not burned😂😂😂
Robbie Stiefel started the Woosley fire
It’s a job, they get paid, they crack on. Respect for them for doing it.
Spend 24 hours and get 3 min of footage...nice
I hope they're paid well
Korin they're not. Make just about as much as an In-N-Out worker
thedeadsealion I am dumbstruck how you a person with the internet and google is so stupid they can’t look up the firefighter salary wage in California. They get paid way more than any fast food worker. In the West firefighters are paid the highest starting 60,000 a year at rookie level going to 80,000 just after a few years of service.
So are these fires set by someone on purpose or by acciden, or are they naturally occurring due to the dry summers. If they latter what's the ignition source?
Fires are usually caused my people accidentally "flicking cigarettes etc." or purposely set by arsons. Some are set by lighting strikes.
It actually is very healthy to have wildfires. It's part of ecological succession and has been happening for millions of years. Without wildfires, there would be no environment.
Most of these particular fires appear so far to have been started by issues related to PGE power lines.
Thank you to all the wildland firefighters AND wildland firefighter support staff for what you do your work dose not and will not go unnoticed!!!
... and made a 4min vid
Shit fair
why don't people like... not live in the fire zone or whatever its called
Fukushima everyone look that up
Sorry but something not sitting right with me about theses so called fires
Calfire. The ODSTs of fire departments.
are these guys trained on structural and wildland?
I love all this fire footage... I hope it lasts longer.
I want to do this so bad but I might be to old
Huey Hulk Those were my exact words also.
No ur not
Why aren’t the fire fighters wearing full PPE? They are breathing extremely bad toxics in the air.
What are you referring to when you say full PPE?
@@joes5878 Personal Protective Equipment. Generally SCBA and mask, but it also includes the fire gear and the clothing.
firemen are literally soldiers fighting a war against fire...
We Firefighters are the ultimate Hero’s
nice new normal you guys got there
Candle version historian knowledge ultimate pose
Flag is still up though. God Bless Our Firefighters. #MAGA #CaliforniaConservative
They don’t get paid eneough to do this stuff.
subtitles are a little insulting
Flag still up...was waiting for it to be a Confederate flag LMFAO 😂
MrMister1227 it’s California..
Wallah bro
making that bank
Damages will have to be claimed, for what kind of ppl continue, even after much reason and admonishment of reason,habitate a local that is likely (more than not) ti be devestated perennially by natural disaster...?
It's the inmates who put the fire out the yellow coats are mostly baby sitter's
Global warming
Why are they setting it on fire ? I'm confused
Back-burning or controlled burning. I believe it's to create a buffer between the wildfire and (generally) houses, in the hope that the fire won't skip the part that has already been back-burned
to create a barrier of already burned stuff so hopefully the fire coming towards it wont pass through it because its already burnt I guess? only thing I can think of
You would expect
From the past fire when dry season
They would be better prepared to prevent these hazards
Rex Wort it’s pretty difficult preventing fires with high winds,low humidity, low water, dry land and idiots who don’t put out cigarettes
Sure. And spend the money to prevent bed bugs. And drought. And earthquakes. And Santa Ana winds. And mountain lions. And...
VST
That understandable
But shouldn't they start do daily or hourly irrigation during that season like we do with grass
It going to cost money but it better than paying for new properties, medical bills, and lost lives.
How do you plan on irrigating (daily) over 55 MILLION acres of Forest, Brush and Grasslands? You would need 1.5 TRILLION gallons of water A DAY. Where do you get that from and how do you get it there? And what do you do about the damage to the environment from drastically changing the plant life?
they should have a lot more mens 24 hours shift is stupid ....
Bob Robert its a very physically rigorous job. They get pretty much any capable man and woman they can get but its a lot of ground to cover. Some of these guys pull 48 or 72 hours with maybe a few hours of sleep here and there.
Just drop fucking water from planes like russians seems to work pretty ok there
The fires spread faster than they can put them out with water buckets. It's better to eliminate the fuel sources and then extinguish it when it can't spread any further.
They also do that but it doesn't always work. Also there is only so much ground to cover in large fires. Fire fighting has an aviation element to it that is strong, but they can't always have helicopters and planes in the air its a multiprong attack.