Thank you for helping out Joe & Family. Joe was telling me about all the help from the neighbors. I think he said 18 disks showed up. Way to showcase Nebraskans!
It’s so easy to look at it from a distance an dismiss it as not that serious, but it’s crazy how fast the visibility goes away and (as she said) how hot the area gets. It’s a bad deal but amazing to see how everyone pitches in together. I live in the city, and you’ll also see neighbors and random people jumping in together to help one another, but it’s not like it’s guaranteed.
@@yourlifeisagreatstory It's generational. Lots of these farms have been held in the same family for over 100 years. My nephew a 5th generation farmer was one of the first ones there. Out here for the most part we have known our neighbors for decades.
It brings a tear to my eye seeing so many people jump in to save the crops, property, and potentially lives. Farmers up here in Eastern Washington will help their neighbors out too. We all need to make money but the crop has to come off. Good people make sure it'll happen.
@@LEAADFarms THE LARSON FARMS HAD A FIRE AS WELL MY HEART BREAKS FOR YOU MY GOD WHAT A DRY FALL UNREALL STAY SAFE MOST OF THE CORN GOT BURNED AS WELL THEY HAD TO RUN THE CORN OVER AND HARVEST THE GOOD CORN TO GET SOME ATLEAST SAVED BUT YEAH I SEEN MANY COMBINES BURN AND CHOPPERS BURN AS WELL THIS FALL SEASON UNREAL MY HEART BREAKS AND EVEN A ROUND BALER BURNED AS WELL FOR A ANOTHER FARMER AS WELL
There are people that run towards issues,most run away. Doesn't matter where your at either Military,police, fireman, country or city folks! Always been this way!
@@MATTREBARCHEK28 It was Larson's neighbours. Jumped fence line into another neighbour. Larson's had their 2 combines there and tillage equipment to help.
@@LEAADFarms $ things you must pot into the fire traxtor right now .... water, two way radio,fire extingusher and a chain, it also wouldnt hurt to have a napsack full of water on your tractor or plow .... but good educational video
I am a Retired Fire Dept. Captain in Chattanooga and what you and your Dad Did was phenomenal. Neighbors helping Neighbors. True loaf of the First Responders.
You and Laura will never not be a team. As soon as she was on board 4 eyes were scanning, clear communication and lessons being taught on top. Good work you two
yea that coulda gotten much worse way fast!!! if sooo much dirt wasn't gettin turned over!!! (san diego County INLAND, we also seen a few wildfires.....)
As a retired Deputy Chief, it is amazing how area farmers come together to help another. I've been on many field fires, combine fires, and barn fires over the years to see this in action. What a great group of people willing to jeapardize their own equipment and safety. Big shout out to all of you!!!
You and Grant are the luckiest men on earth to have Laura, an American treasure, in your lives. Your farming community shows the heart of America and the American family. Bless yall.
I appreciate Laura’s shoutout for volunteer firefighters. We do it for free because we want to help and we are capable of doing so, with that said. It’s weird life! You leave your family behind or leave working knowing you’re about to see horrid things or put yourself in legitimate danger for the benefit of someone you probably don’t know. I’ve left my kids birthday parties to go do cpr on someone else’s child and the child doesn’t make it. You leave there and go right back to your life. It’s a weird weird thing. I will say this! All of that has given me a very clear view of time with the people you love and how fleeting life is. People will talk badly about the volunteers and I understand some of it, but these guys are doing all of this for free…full stop. The feeling they had on the way to the fire, is how my brain works best after 20 years in the military and then fire service.
The drone shots…omg!! That was huge!! Y’all saved sooooo much!! This right here is a farmer! Ppl that have never had the pure joy of living in the country have no idea what they are missing. God bless you all!!
From one Carlson to another, great job! I am a 60 year old farmer on Carlson Farms. Been on the fire department for 41 years and watching this still gets me cranked up!! Great turnout. Awesome community you have!!
My dads aunt had a farm in the 80s. When she went on a holiday, there was a fire on the farm. There was grain, there was livestock, machinery, fuel, the whole nine yards. Dad learned of the fire mid-nightshift. He got off work immediately and raced to the farm. There were firefighters, and other farmers from the area swarming the place. Heavy equipment was being brought in by other farmers to rescue the panicked livestock (cattle) as well as any farming equipment that could be saved. He went there and helped. At one point, dad drove off and raided every gas station in the area to get a hold of water, beer (this was the 80s after all), soda, bread rolls, butter, sausage, cheese etc to get food going for the first responders and other volunteers. Back the gas stations still had things that actually passed for food so that helped. He faced no opposition from other customers because not only was he an absolute bear of a man, he was also tired and hungry and grouchy at this point and covered in soot and ash from head to toe. Nobody wanted to argue with him. Everyone stuck together and helped, no questions asked. It was just what you did. It is so lovely to see this still being done today. It is part of a system we in our area call „muscle credit“. If you are there and get stuck in to help, you’ll never have to worry about getting help in the future, whether you need to move house, have major renovations done, move something big and heavy or whatever. You make a phone call and people will show up and help with tools, skills etc - and you just pay it forward.
Thank you for taking Laura with you for a second set of eyes. But also sharing with her your process of setting fire break lines,etc. So awesome how a community comes together in a time of need.
Outstanding response and control. Smart having Laura with you. Good to see neighbor farmers mobilizing to salvage the unharvested corn. The American way 🇺🇸🚜👍👏🏻
Neighbors taking care of neighbors, brought a tear to my eye to see everyone in that field at first. I’m not a farmer but seeing everyone act like this really makes me think I’m missing out.
Thank you for taking us along on this incredible effort of dozens of groups to come together to save this farm from complete disaster.This definitely is America at its finest!!! The drone footage puts a clear picture to the size of the fire and shows exactly how much worse it could have been.
Thank you for sharing this! I'm an urbanite near Denver, but have driven by Aurora several times going to and from Creighton. Just seeing the fire gear and the overall level of response from the community, recognizing the extreme risk posed by the fire in the field, makes the experience of watching this frighteningly real for me. Thank you for your devotion to making it available for folks like us, hundreds of miles away in the cities, to have the benefits -- food and otherwise -- of the difficult, hazardous, and loving work that y'all do in the vast farming and ranching regions of this great land! With deep respect, - Richard
As a Retired Fire Chief from a VFD in a rural area outside of San Antonio, TX, I always appreciated the farmers who showed up with their tractors and disc's to help create fire breaks. There were times we learned things from them. Thanks to you, your wife, and your friends for taking care of this fire!!
As a 30 year volunteer firefighter I want to say you guys did an amazing job on that. The only thing I could say is try to get better communications with everyone and make it more coordinated but hey you guys did an amazing job with what you have. CB radios in the tractors would be amazing and connect everyone together on the same channel. Just something that we used to do here in WV when fighting mountain fires with mining companies.
Great job Cale and Laura. You and all the other farmers that risk your life and equipment to help other people is awesome. Papa Kurt is looking down and saying damn I raised them so well. Keep up the great work. We will pray for some rain for y'all hopefully this is the only incident this harvest season.
Was a volunteer firefighter in my community for 25yrs. I would like to say to you,your father and the rest of the farmers that stopped what they was doing to help as well as the coordinated efforts put forth. All of you folks did a bang up job!! Just so you know the fire department is very thankful for your assistance!!
What a Great Job guys!!! As a “City Firefighter” for 45 years now and don’t have much experience with field fires, I have to admit my pulse rate did increase watching your operations!! I’d like to recommend a “GO Bag” of sorts to grab for any emergency. Water, snacks, fire extinguisher, “Gloves for Cale”, etc”. What a GREAT experience for Laura to draw back on in her long life ahead in farming!! GREAT JOB GUYS!!!!!
This shows how other farmers show up because it takes a village. This shows the love and passion that each and every one of those farmers appreciate. This is amazing to see so many people show up to help! Everything gets put aside while just like you said if I take out some corn I'll replace it. Farmer code is you all take care of each other! Sending love from the North -Calgary Alberta Canada!
As a volunteer firefighter here in CenTex y'all did a great job disking firelines for the VFDs, enormous help. Please support your local VFDs. Many departments rely solely on donations and annual fundraisers. Take my word, they can use all the help they can get.
I have supported VFDs ever since one responded to my house fire in 1992. These dudes left their jobs in a town 5 miles away, geared up, and rumbled down my 3/4 mile long lane in their personal vehicles, in the 30 or 40 year old fire trucks that they had inherited from surrounding towns. Obviously, with such a long delay, my house was a total loss, but they pulled my boat out of harm's way, and kept hosing the walls of my shop down until the fire was under control. I had been standing there with a garden hose trying to save what I could, but these guys literally saved irreplaceable vehicles that my dad and granddad had meticulously cared for for decades. I have long since left rural Illinois, but ever since then, I've donated what I could, and participated in any VFD fundraiser that was going on, no matter what town I've lived near
I won't be able to add too much that has already been said, but I will say this much...great response from the whole farming community, plus I love how Cale used this a a really good learning experience for his daughter to use in the case of a future fire event...great job each and every person involved!!❤...prayers sent out for all!
As tragic as that was to watch, it was amazing to see the willingness of people to put themselves and their equipment in harms way just to try to help. As a DIY'er - Much respect!
Great job to all of you. It's always nice to know your neighbors will step in to help. This could have been very devastating without all the farmer's help! Bless you all.
The control you maintained while racing as fast as physically possible a cross county to save the life and welfare of an entire community while only moving at maybe 40 mph? would have me out of my mind! Respect!
Love this video! It shows a side of farming that most never see. All of us in the Midwest are in a heavy drought and there have been open burn bans for weeks. These sorts of fires are hard to prevent but glad the community came together and took care of the situation. Most of all, the emotion and adrenaline really come through! Thank you for being a farmer and thank you for these videos!
I've worked as a firefighter in the past fought forest fires in Wisconsin in the 70's. My hat is off to you all! Just recently helped with a local cornfield/beanfield fire as just a civilian. I'll be 70 next month but still can run a tractor like I did as a kid working for the grandpa's of these local farmers!
Thank you all for helping neighbors in need! As a multi decade firefighter, the best advice I was given early in my career was “slow down, it’s not your emergency.” That being said, I noticed early on in your video that you two were getting very wound up. Thankfully, that subsided quickly but if it didn’t, you very easily could have become part of the emergency instead of helping out at it. Hope that helps for next time it happens. Unfortunately we all know it will happen again even with all the best preparation. Loved the check off list you two went over on the way to the fire. 👍🏻
Neighbors helping neighbors in time of disaster.... thank you for being there and lending aid whenever and however you can. It makes me quite emotional. Prayers and thanks to all who responded including you and Laura.
Certain things get my adrenaline going and bring a patriotic tear to my eye. The Blue Angels air shows the Cajun Navy response to disasters, Coast Guard helicopter rescues (I was a Coast Guard Aircrew member 50 yrs ago), and the rallying call of Amercan Farmers saving crops, equipment, and lives. You guys are heroes!
My goodness. So glad everyone is safe. Brought back memories of our corn field fire back in the late 90's in Virginia. Its difficult to describe how fast the fire eats in a field of dry ready to harvest corn. The Volunteer community is very strong, well done everyone.
Former volunteer fd company officer. Thanks not only to the volunteers but be sure to support employers in those communities who allow their employees to leave when the pagers go off.
I have been a first responder, (Volunteer fire fighter/EMS) for many years and never seen a farm fire as I am not in farm land in my area. However, we do have many woods and I've seen many of those type of fires. With that said. It is in my opinion that you guys get a two way radio network together if you do not already have one in place. This was a very good video and I was taught a great deal about farm fires. Great job guys and gals.
It's so great neighbor helping neighbor and staying together to help each other when needed... When I was a kid I remember growing up all the area farmers and their family would get together in late fall and a very big Pig roast for everyone to give thanks to each other for their help through out the year ...
it was bad, but could have been or gotten much worse if there we even half that many disks.... the startups MAY NOT HAVE BEEN CAUGHT EFFECTIVALY ENUF .... shudder... ikky thought!! wildfires suck....
WILDFIRES SUCK ... ;) I have lived in San Diego COUNTY inland, we have seen and been thru a FEW BAD WILDFIRES.... the WITCH CREEK one burnt STUPID AMOUNTS OF ACRES (200k acres??) ALMOST, it seemed like, 2/3s of san diego county, and well ''San Diego county'' is a BIT BIGGER than ''most counties... SD COUNTY is something like 50 miles north south, and 80 miles EAST/WEST ..... much bigger than ''you blink and you in a diff county'' ;) like back in INDIANA oir OHIO or even KANSAS :)
As the fire chief up in North Dakota and having a big fire in the past couple weeks. Thank you for your dedication to putting out the the fire and risking your equipment
Thank GOD for ALL the Farmers across America. 🇺🇸 You are Appreciated More than you Know/Hear because our Survival is Not Possible without your Help. 👍🙏
And their survival is Not Possible without being the biggest welfare program in the U.S... Most farmers could not survive without assistance from the rest of us. They also get paid for crop failures as well as plowing under crops. They are really nothing more than a federal work program, that they would vote against if it was meant for others.
Sad seeing videos of fires, but love seeing aurora's fire dept. In action. Father was on for 25 years before he passed. Cool seeing alot of his buddies still fighting!
I spent 23 years in the fire service in California, retired in 2018 due to injury. I also grew up on a family farm. A disc is a great way to build fire break in grass! Good on you all for jumping in to lend a hand.
The negatives of a crop fire show the benefit of a close farming community. Plus look at the bright side, the burned areas of the field will have all that ash and nutrients for next years grow. Glad to see no one injured or any equipment lost. I will say it was a bit scary seeing Laura wearing what looked like a synthetic polyester shirt. Please whenever you guys go out to disc a fire line please wear 100% cotton shirts without any plastic graphics printed on them, wear denim jeans, leather boots and gloves. Polyester when it gets hot will melt and burn into the skin causing a lot of horrific injuries. I had polyester shirts I’ve worn start smoldering just standing near a rather small contained fire, it doesn’t take much temperature for them to turn to molten plastic.
I’m a firefighter and have put out many field/combine fires. It’s smart you guys were taking a breath on the way there. You have to remember that you getting hurt just complicates a potentially already chaotic scene. I will say this though, it is a really nice thing when the farmers show up with plows and water trucks/tanks. It’s really great if they show up and know what to do or if they come check with us so we can make a coordinated attack on the fire with us. It’s a good feeling to know we saved someone’s livelihood. It’s heartbreaking when they loose it. I liked that Laura randomly said delegation lol.
Hello from Eastern Nebraska. Everyone out there helping is why Nebraska is a great place to live. 😊 Thank you to everyone involved in helping put out the fire.
I love seeing people coordinating together like this with little to no communication, just looking at and understanding what others are doing and stepping in and filling in the blanks as is needed.
I can't help but think that if each tractor and truck had a GMRS radio and a few repeaters on local structures would help immensely. Communication is everything in emergencies, and resources could be utilized to the fullest if there was a designated coordinator flying an fpv drone getting the whole picture. If this was part of my life I think I'd try to bring people together and a couple hundred dollars each could get all of those things to have a well prepared bunch of individuals in my area.
@@timlong1462 I agree completely. Out there a single repeater on top of a silo could reach a long way. Likewise a drone in the air givng an overall picture to someone with a radio to guide the others could be a game changer.
The day before Election Day as I watch this. My heart goes out to your neighbor and the loss of crops that cut into an already razor-thin profit margin that you all have to operate in. That's why you'll never hear me complain about food prices. :D But the words you both shared to go along with the teamwork displayed, repaired my heart more than I can ever tell you. I can say that this is one reason why this ex-city boy is a VFD member though. We are on our own out here. And when someone dials 911, they look for someone to show up. When everyone shows up, problems get smaller. That's what makes it all worth it. And I wouldn't accept one Dollar for it. Great work and true leadership! Blessings to you, your family and your community! 🇺🇸
This is one of the best videos I've watched for a while. Informative, real-world and not played to the gallery. Interesting to watch the dynamics being played out - on her channel Laura is the boss, telling us everything we need to know and damned good at it too. In that cab she knows who's in control and is happy to learn. This is good stuff. But I'm a non-farmer from Scotland - what do I know?
That's so 😢 seeing all the crops going up in flames. I know how hard farmers work & that's just heartbreaking. I was impressed that everyone knew what needed to be done without being told. Farmers helping each other out in their time of need is a beautiful thing to see! Thanks for sharing. The firefighters and farmers working together puts a lump in my throat, Thank you to all firefighters for all that you do! Thank you to the farmers for putting food on our tables!!
The taxpayers will cover it just like we always do. Farmers are the biggest welfare program in the country by far. 130 million tons of food is wasted every year, just how many farmers do you think we really need. Ethanol is a gift from the politicians to them, we absolutely don't need it.
Last October here in Alberta Canada, we lost our JD X9 1000 due to fire. It burned about 5 acres of corn. Bad day on the farm. My PTSD kicked in watching this video. Thanks for sharing
Greate job for all of you... i been volunter firefighter about 40 years.. few hundreds forestfires and even one time on russia on big forestfire.. former Finland area.. and i dont need passport when i go over Russia-Finland boerder... only drivelincens was what i need to show.. those fieldfires are terribly.. we have not that large fields here but i can imagenat what it could bee...
Great to see the coordination between farmers on equipment and firefighters. FF in the weeds on outlying areas and leave the farmers to disc larger open areas. And to come to a stranded farmer’s rescue and black line around him, wow, y’all are incredible!!!
Thank you Kale and Laura for helping your neighbors put out the fire 🔥 farmers are a different kind of human, they jump at the opportunity to help other farmers that put food on our table, God bless you both!
My first Department, we used to get corn field fires a lot. Along with corn silo fire's. Those are all dayer's. And the farmers did the same thing to cut fire breaks. Well done folks! Take Care and Stay Safe
This is another place where drones and radio communications are critical for agriculture. Quick spotting, planning, and communication over large distances is key. A FLIR would be killer for the smoke and spotting, but they are less general purpose (although they are handy for finding equipment problems from friction or wiring issues)
@@carnelmccarthy1099you are probably the one that doesn’t try and everyone hates…just saying….we farm 7000 and nobody loves a Danny downer which right now is you….attitude problems like yours are way worse than farming problems…you are the problem.
It's been very dry here in Nebraska. I live a couple hours west of you, we had a few sprinkles 3 or 4 days ago, otherwise we haven't had any rain for quite awhile. Some farmers around here are running their pivots, saturating where they have already harvested. So good to see neighbors helping neighbors, Laura said it well.
Great response to the fire. Commentary was very informative for nonfarmers to see and hear just how farmers helping farmers is at the root of rural life. Great job
Thank you for helping out Joe & Family. Joe was telling me about all the help from the neighbors. I think he said 18 disks showed up. Way to showcase Nebraskans!
One of the great things about being a Nebraskan! Neighbors helping neighbors! Go Big Red!
@@richwielechowski5191 Go Big Red!
It’s so easy to look at it from a distance an dismiss it as not that serious, but it’s crazy how fast the visibility goes away and (as she said) how hot the area gets. It’s a bad deal but amazing to see how everyone pitches in together. I live in the city, and you’ll also see neighbors and random people jumping in together to help one another, but it’s not like it’s guaranteed.
@@yourlifeisagreatstory It's generational. Lots of these farms have been held in the same family for over 100 years. My nephew a 5th generation farmer was one of the first ones there. Out here for the most part we have known our neighbors for decades.
It brings a tear to my eye seeing so many people jump in to save the crops, property, and potentially lives. Farmers up here in Eastern Washington will help their neighbors out too. We all need to make money but the crop has to come off. Good people make sure it'll happen.
I was a soldier and then a life long first responder but I always saw farmers as the true heroes. Best video ever!
Thank you for your service
@@LEAADFarms THE LARSON FARMS HAD A FIRE AS WELL MY HEART BREAKS FOR YOU MY GOD WHAT A DRY FALL UNREALL STAY SAFE MOST OF THE CORN GOT BURNED AS WELL THEY HAD TO RUN THE CORN OVER AND HARVEST THE GOOD CORN TO GET SOME ATLEAST SAVED BUT YEAH I SEEN MANY COMBINES BURN AND CHOPPERS BURN AS WELL THIS FALL SEASON UNREAL MY HEART BREAKS AND EVEN A ROUND BALER BURNED AS WELL FOR A ANOTHER FARMER AS WELL
There are people that run towards issues,most run away. Doesn't matter where your at either Military,police, fireman, country or city folks! Always been this way!
@@MATTREBARCHEK28 It was Larson's neighbours. Jumped fence line into another neighbour. Larson's had their 2 combines there and tillage equipment to help.
@@LEAADFarms $ things you must pot into the fire traxtor right now .... water, two way radio,fire extingusher and a chain, it also wouldnt hurt to have a napsack full of water on your tractor or plow .... but good educational video
I am a Retired Fire Dept. Captain in Chattanooga and what you and your Dad Did was phenomenal. Neighbors helping Neighbors. True loaf of the First Responders.
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You and Laura will never not be a team. As soon as she was on board 4 eyes were scanning, clear communication and lessons being taught on top. Good work you two
Maybe would be better if she wouldn’t be talking saying the same thing he is. She’s annoying to hear
@@WillF1980its because they want to feel involved like they did something
Retired wild-land firefighter here. You farmers and LEADD crew ARE AWSOME!
yea that coulda gotten much worse way fast!!! if sooo much dirt wasn't gettin turned over!!!
(san diego County INLAND, we also seen a few wildfires.....)
This should have MILLIONS of views.
As a retired Deputy Chief, it is amazing how area farmers come together to help another. I've been on many field fires, combine fires, and barn fires over the years to see this in action. What a great group of people willing to jeapardize their own equipment and safety. Big shout out to all of you!!!
What a stand up man. Risking his equipment and safety to save the fields....yet still offering to replace the corn that he knocks down
You and Grant are the luckiest men on earth to have Laura, an American treasure, in your lives. Your farming community shows the heart of America and the American family. Bless yall.
I appreciate Laura’s shoutout for volunteer firefighters. We do it for free because we want to help and we are capable of doing so, with that said. It’s weird life! You leave your family behind or leave working knowing you’re about to see horrid things or put yourself in legitimate danger for the benefit of someone you probably don’t know. I’ve left my kids birthday parties to go do cpr on someone else’s child and the child doesn’t make it. You leave there and go right back to your life. It’s a weird weird thing. I will say this! All of that has given me a very clear view of time with the people you love and how fleeting life is. People will talk badly about the volunteers and I understand some of it, but these guys are doing all of this for free…full stop. The feeling they had on the way to the fire, is how my brain works best after 20 years in the military and then fire service.
Thank you for your service and the work you do. I'm not as able bodied as you, so I really genuinely say thank you for the work you do.
The drone shots…omg!! That was huge!! Y’all saved sooooo much!! This right here is a farmer! Ppl that have never had the pure joy of living in the country have no idea what they are missing. God bless you all!!
From one Carlson to another, great job! I am a 60 year old farmer on Carlson Farms. Been on the fire department for 41 years and watching this still gets me cranked up!! Great turnout. Awesome community you have!!
Laura is sharp as a tack, good to see you two together. Like a well oiled machine
My dads aunt had a farm in the 80s. When she went on a holiday, there was a fire on the farm. There was grain, there was livestock, machinery, fuel, the whole nine yards. Dad learned of the fire mid-nightshift. He got off work immediately and raced to the farm. There were firefighters, and other farmers from the area swarming the place. Heavy equipment was being brought in by other farmers to rescue the panicked livestock (cattle) as well as any farming equipment that could be saved. He went there and helped. At one point, dad drove off and raided every gas station in the area to get a hold of water, beer (this was the 80s after all), soda, bread rolls, butter, sausage, cheese etc to get food going for the first responders and other volunteers. Back the gas stations still had things that actually passed for food so that helped. He faced no opposition from other customers because not only was he an absolute bear of a man, he was also tired and hungry and grouchy at this point and covered in soot and ash from head to toe. Nobody wanted to argue with him.
Everyone stuck together and helped, no questions asked. It was just what you did. It is so lovely to see this still being done today.
It is part of a system we in our area call „muscle credit“. If you are there and get stuck in to help, you’ll never have to worry about getting help in the future, whether you need to move house, have major renovations done, move something big and heavy or whatever. You make a phone call and people will show up and help with tools, skills etc - and you just pay it forward.
Heartbreaking, but the little you sacrificed saved so much. You’re all true heroes.
It gave me goosebumps seening everyone pulling together to help a neighbor . The rest of the country should take note. Great job guys and girls
Thank you for taking Laura with you for a second set of eyes. But also sharing with her your process of setting fire break lines,etc. So awesome how a community comes together in a time of need.
Outstanding response and control. Smart having Laura with you. Good to see neighbor farmers mobilizing to salvage the unharvested corn. The American way 🇺🇸🚜👍👏🏻
The way the world should be, and unfortunately less and less is.
Neighbors taking care of neighbors, brought a tear to my eye to see everyone in that field at first. I’m not a farmer but seeing everyone act like this really makes me think I’m missing out.
This was more real, more exciting and so much better than anything on TV! Thanks for showing us this!
Great to see the community come together. Best was seeing Father and Daughter working together as a team. You guys rock! 😀❤👍
Nobody’s wasting time talking politics here! THIS is what America looks like. God Bless you all, I love to see community coming together like this!🍺
Thank you for taking us along on this incredible effort of dozens of groups to come together to save this farm from complete disaster.This definitely is America at its finest!!! The drone footage puts a clear picture to the size of the fire and shows exactly how much worse it could have been.
Thank you for sharing this! I'm an urbanite near Denver, but have driven by Aurora several times going to and from Creighton. Just seeing the fire gear and the overall level of response from the community, recognizing the extreme risk posed by the fire in the field, makes the experience of watching this frighteningly real for me. Thank you for your devotion to making it available for folks like us, hundreds of miles away in the cities, to have the benefits -- food and otherwise -- of the difficult, hazardous, and loving work that y'all do in the vast farming and ranching regions of this great land! With deep respect, - Richard
As a Retired Fire Chief from a VFD in a rural area outside of San Antonio, TX, I always appreciated the farmers who showed up with their tractors and disc's to help create fire breaks. There were times we learned things from them. Thanks to you, your wife, and your friends for taking care of this fire!!
From West bend Wi thank you farmers for what you all do for us. Good people willing to sacrifice for others. It does not go unappreciated.
As a 30 year volunteer firefighter I want to say you guys did an amazing job on that. The only thing I could say is try to get better communications with everyone and make it more coordinated but hey you guys did an amazing job with what you have. CB radios in the tractors would be amazing and connect everyone together on the same channel. Just something that we used to do here in WV when fighting mountain fires with mining companies.
Great job Cale and Laura. You and all the other farmers that risk your life and equipment to help other people is awesome. Papa Kurt is looking down and saying damn I raised them so well. Keep up the great work. We will pray for some rain for y'all hopefully this is the only incident this harvest season.
Was a volunteer firefighter in my community for 25yrs. I would like to say to you,your father and the rest of the farmers that stopped what they was doing to help as well as the coordinated efforts put forth. All of you folks did a bang up job!! Just so you know the fire department is very thankful for your assistance!!
Farmers are heroes!!!! Bless you for everything you do. ❤
This is great community support for each other. Laura is a good co-pilot.
What a Great Job guys!!! As a “City Firefighter” for 45 years now and don’t have much experience with field fires, I have to admit my pulse rate did increase watching your operations!! I’d like to recommend a “GO Bag” of sorts to grab for any emergency. Water, snacks, fire extinguisher, “Gloves for Cale”, etc”. What a GREAT experience for Laura to draw back on in her long life ahead in farming!! GREAT JOB GUYS!!!!!
Radios!
This shows how other farmers show up because it takes a village. This shows the love and passion that each and every one of those farmers appreciate. This is amazing to see so many people show up to help! Everything gets put aside while just like you said if I take out some corn I'll replace it. Farmer code is you all take care of each other! Sending love from the North -Calgary Alberta Canada!
So impressed by your composure, concentration and community spirit.
As a volunteer firefighter here in CenTex y'all did a great job disking firelines for the VFDs, enormous help.
Please support your local VFDs. Many departments rely solely on donations and annual fundraisers. Take my word, they can use all the help they can get.
I have supported VFDs ever since one responded to my house fire in 1992. These dudes left their jobs in a town 5 miles away, geared up, and rumbled down my 3/4 mile long lane in their personal vehicles, in the 30 or 40 year old fire trucks that they had inherited from surrounding towns. Obviously, with such a long delay, my house was a total loss, but they pulled my boat out of harm's way, and kept hosing the walls of my shop down until the fire was under control. I had been standing there with a garden hose trying to save what I could, but these guys literally saved irreplaceable vehicles that my dad and granddad had meticulously cared for for decades. I have long since left rural Illinois, but ever since then, I've donated what I could, and participated in any VFD fundraiser that was going on, no matter what town I've lived near
Very glad you guys are safe, sorry for the crop loss
I won't be able to add too much that has already been said, but I will say this much...great response from the whole farming community, plus I love how Cale used this a a really good learning experience for his daughter to use in the case of a future fire event...great job each and every person involved!!❤...prayers sent out for all!
As tragic as that was to watch, it was amazing to see the willingness of people to put themselves and their equipment in harms way just to try to help. As a DIY'er - Much respect!
Great job to all of you. It's always nice to know your neighbors will step in to help. This could have been very devastating without all the farmer's help! Bless you all.
The control you maintained while racing as fast as physically possible a cross county to save the life and welfare of an entire community while only moving at maybe 40 mph? would have me out of my mind! Respect!
Farmers are the life blood of this country! Glad they all rally to help one anther. God bless the families!
Love this video! It shows a side of farming that most never see. All of us in the Midwest are in a heavy drought and there have been open burn bans for weeks. These sorts of fires are hard to prevent but glad the community came together and took care of the situation. Most of all, the emotion and adrenaline really come through! Thank you for being a farmer and thank you for these videos!
I've worked as a firefighter in the past fought forest fires in Wisconsin in the 70's. My hat is off to you all! Just recently helped with a local cornfield/beanfield fire as just a civilian. I'll be 70 next month but still can run a tractor like I did as a kid working for the grandpa's of these local farmers!
Thank you all for helping neighbors in need! As a multi decade firefighter, the best advice I was given early in my career was “slow down, it’s not your emergency.” That being said, I noticed early on in your video that you two were getting very wound up. Thankfully, that subsided quickly but if it didn’t, you very easily could have become part of the emergency instead of helping out at it. Hope that helps for next time it happens. Unfortunately we all know it will happen again even with all the best preparation. Loved the check off list you two went over on the way to the fire. 👍🏻
Great Farmers. Friendship.. Watching from Australia 🇦🇺..God Bless
Neighbors helping neighbors in time of disaster.... thank you for being there and lending aid whenever and however you can. It makes me quite emotional. Prayers and thanks to all who responded including you and Laura.
Respect for the great work that you put with the other farmers you see tractors everywhere 💪 and the fire fighters that go for the tree line👌
Certain things get my adrenaline going and bring a patriotic tear to my eye. The Blue Angels air shows the Cajun Navy response to disasters, Coast Guard helicopter rescues (I was a Coast Guard Aircrew member 50 yrs ago), and the rallying call of Amercan Farmers saving crops, equipment, and lives. You guys are heroes!
@Captain-Max Thank you for your Service. Semper Paratus!
You all are amazing. I live in Jerome, Idaho and I know when neighbors are in need of help the town gets moving. ❤
My goodness. So glad everyone is safe. Brought back memories of our corn field fire back in the late 90's in Virginia. Its difficult to describe how fast the fire eats in a field of dry ready to harvest corn. The Volunteer community is very strong, well done everyone.
God Bless Farmers!
True Patriots
Can’t forget the great fire departments.
PS-thanks for the fly over at the end, it helps the prospective.
Former volunteer fd company officer. Thanks not only to the volunteers but be sure to support employers in those communities who allow their employees to leave when the pagers go off.
I have been a first responder, (Volunteer fire fighter/EMS) for many years and never seen a farm fire as I am not in farm land in my area. However, we do have many woods and I've seen many of those type of fires. With that said. It is in my opinion that you guys get a two way radio network together if you do not already have one in place. This was a very good video and I was taught a great deal about farm fires. Great job guys and gals.
Kinda surprised theres not a CB in each tractor anyway.....
everyone is on speed dial
What a blessing when folks come together to help one another
It's so great neighbor helping neighbor and staying together to help each other when needed... When I was a kid I remember growing up all the area farmers and their family would get together in late fall and a very big Pig roast for everyone to give thanks to each other for their help through out the year ...
18 disks!! Neighbors dropping everything to help someone in need. Bless you all!
it was bad, but could have been or gotten much worse if there we even half that many disks.... the startups MAY NOT HAVE BEEN CAUGHT EFFECTIVALY ENUF .... shudder... ikky thought!! wildfires suck....
the reality is they are protecting them self! if they dont stop it it wont stop at there borders.
WILDFIRES SUCK ... ;) I have lived in San Diego COUNTY inland, we have seen and been thru a FEW BAD WILDFIRES.... the WITCH CREEK one burnt STUPID AMOUNTS OF ACRES (200k acres??) ALMOST, it seemed like, 2/3s of san diego county, and well ''San Diego county'' is a BIT BIGGER than ''most counties... SD COUNTY is something like 50 miles north south, and 80 miles EAST/WEST ..... much bigger than ''you blink and you in a diff county'' ;) like back in INDIANA oir OHIO or even KANSAS :)
Cale & Laura, I bless u all how all u farmers work together when a fire starts, u aee all great people
As the fire chief up in North Dakota and having a big fire in the past couple weeks. Thank you for your dedication to putting out the the fire and risking your equipment
Are you farmers are nothing but heroes for helping your neighbor absolutely awesome I think you so much for what you do
Thank GOD for ALL the Farmers across America. 🇺🇸 You are Appreciated More than you Know/Hear because our Survival is Not Possible without your Help. 👍🙏
And their survival is Not Possible without being the biggest welfare program in the U.S... Most farmers could not survive without assistance from the rest of us. They also get paid for crop failures as well as plowing under crops. They are really nothing more than a federal work program, that they would vote against if it was meant for others.
Love the care you guys take of each other
It's amazing how farmers look out for each other what amazing job you all did.
Love the mental prep talk to yourself.
Gotta get a CB radio and a good size fire extinguisher in that tractor
The NE harvest was brutal this year. Way to represent Nebraskans!!! Makes me proud to be one.
BRAVO everyone!! Great job!! A true community getting together to help a neighbor in an emergency!!!!
Thanks for sharing, absolutely showed how the farming community coming together to help fellow farmers, and yes Laura love the Dive Bomb hoodie GBR
A farmers worst nightmare during harvest, Great job to you and all the other farmers and firefighters 👍👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻❤️🇺🇸🙏✌️
Sad seeing videos of fires, but love seeing aurora's fire dept. In action. Father was on for 25 years before he passed. Cool seeing alot of his buddies still fighting!
I spent 23 years in the fire service in California, retired in 2018 due to injury. I also grew up on a family farm. A disc is a great way to build fire break in grass! Good on you all for jumping in to lend a hand.
Laura definitely has a narrator’s voice and gift.
The negatives of a crop fire show the benefit of a close farming community. Plus look at the bright side, the burned areas of the field will have all that ash and nutrients for next years grow. Glad to see no one injured or any equipment lost.
I will say it was a bit scary seeing Laura wearing what looked like a synthetic polyester shirt. Please whenever you guys go out to disc a fire line please wear 100% cotton shirts without any plastic graphics printed on them, wear denim jeans, leather boots and gloves. Polyester when it gets hot will melt and burn into the skin causing a lot of horrific injuries.
I had polyester shirts I’ve worn start smoldering just standing near a rather small contained fire, it doesn’t take much temperature for them to turn to molten plastic.
NOMEX coveralls are what the firefighters use in Canada. 100% cotton Great point.
I’m a firefighter and have put out many field/combine fires. It’s smart you guys were taking a breath on the way there. You have to remember that you getting hurt just complicates a potentially already chaotic scene. I will say this though, it is a really nice thing when the farmers show up with plows and water trucks/tanks. It’s really great if they show up and know what to do or if they come check with us so we can make a coordinated attack on the fire with us. It’s a good feeling to know we saved someone’s livelihood. It’s heartbreaking when they loose it. I liked that Laura randomly said delegation lol.
Hello from Eastern Nebraska. Everyone out there helping is why Nebraska is a great place to live. 😊
Thank you to everyone involved in helping put out the fire.
I love seeing people coordinating together like this with little to no communication, just looking at and understanding what others are doing and stepping in and filling in the blanks as is needed.
I can't help but think that if each tractor and truck had a GMRS radio and a few repeaters on local structures would help immensely. Communication is everything in emergencies, and resources could be utilized to the fullest if there was a designated coordinator flying an fpv drone getting the whole picture. If this was part of my life I think I'd try to bring people together and a couple hundred dollars each could get all of those things to have a well prepared bunch of individuals in my area.
@@timlong1462 I agree completely. Out there a single repeater on top of a silo could reach a long way. Likewise a drone in the air givng an overall picture to someone with a radio to guide the others could be a game changer.
The day before Election Day as I watch this. My heart goes out to your neighbor and the loss of crops that cut into an already razor-thin profit margin that you all have to operate in. That's why you'll never hear me complain about food prices. :D But the words you both shared to go along with the teamwork displayed, repaired my heart more than I can ever tell you. I can say that this is one reason why this ex-city boy is a VFD member though. We are on our own out here. And when someone dials 911, they look for someone to show up. When everyone shows up, problems get smaller. That's what makes it all worth it. And I wouldn't accept one Dollar for it. Great work and true leadership! Blessings to you, your family and your community! 🇺🇸
This is one of the best videos I've watched for a while.
Informative, real-world and not played to the gallery.
Interesting to watch the dynamics being played out - on her channel Laura is the boss, telling us everything we need to know and damned good at it too. In that cab she knows who's in control and is happy to learn.
This is good stuff.
But I'm a non-farmer from Scotland - what do I know?
What a beautiful thing to see the number of neighbors pitching in to help fight the fire.
Absolutely amazing. Thank you for documenting this.
That's so 😢 seeing all the crops going up in flames. I know how hard farmers work & that's just heartbreaking.
I was impressed that everyone knew what needed to be done without being told. Farmers helping each other out in their time of need is a beautiful thing to see! Thanks for sharing.
The firefighters and farmers working together puts a lump in my throat, Thank you to all firefighters for all that you do! Thank you to the farmers for putting food on our tables!!
The taxpayers will cover it just like we always do. Farmers are the biggest welfare program in the country by far. 130 million tons of food is wasted every year, just how many farmers do you think we really need. Ethanol is a gift from the politicians to them, we absolutely don't need it.
Cale, you are a good man. You and your wife have raised beautiful children. Laura made me emotional with what she said.
New subscription here you guys are great. 100% thumbs up 👍
Thanks!!
Great job everyone. So nice to see neighbors helping neighbors. 🇺🇸👍👍👍🇺🇸
Glad the fire was taken care of by you and your neighbors. You people do make a community.
Everything bad has something good in it. The fire is terrible but seeing neighbors pull together against a common problem is truly inspirational.
It was awesome to see everyone come together and help one another! Laura said it perfect!! 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏 sending prayers 🙏
Last October here in Alberta Canada, we lost our JD X9 1000 due to fire. It burned about 5 acres of corn. Bad day on the farm. My PTSD kicked in watching this video. Thanks for sharing
Oh, I’m so sorry!
Greate job for all of you... i been volunter firefighter about 40 years.. few hundreds forestfires and even one time on russia on big forestfire.. former Finland area.. and i dont need passport when i go over Russia-Finland boerder... only drivelincens was what i need to show.. those fieldfires are terribly.. we have not that large fields here but i can imagenat what it could bee...
This is awesome! Neighbors helping neighbors! Great to see you guys together! Major respect for the farming community!
Inspiring to see you guys hop into action and a community come together!
Great to see the coordination between farmers on equipment and firefighters. FF in the weeds on outlying areas and leave the farmers to disc larger open areas.
And to come to a stranded farmer’s rescue and black line around him, wow, y’all are incredible!!!
As retired wild firefighter. I loved seeing the farm community come together. And seeing the work they do helping each other out. So amazing
I love farmers you-all come together and help each other out . Y'all are great people.
Thank you Kale and Laura for helping your neighbors put out the fire 🔥 farmers are a different kind of human, they jump at the opportunity to help other farmers that put food on our table, God bless you both!
My first Department, we used to get corn field fires a lot. Along with corn silo fire's. Those are all dayer's. And the farmers did the same thing to cut fire breaks. Well done folks! Take Care and Stay Safe
This is another place where drones and radio communications are critical for agriculture. Quick spotting, planning, and communication over large distances is key. A FLIR would be killer for the smoke and spotting, but they are less general purpose (although they are handy for finding equipment problems from friction or wiring issues)
Fires are a scary thing. Ive been thru wildfires myself.. thank you for helping neighbors ❤
You're so lucky to live in the same area all your life. You know your neighbors.
It's not that great...
@@carnelmccarthy1099you are probably the one that doesn’t try and everyone hates…just saying….we farm 7000 and nobody loves a Danny downer which right now is you….attitude problems like yours are way worse than farming problems…you are the problem.
It's been very dry here in Nebraska. I live a couple hours west of you, we had a few sprinkles 3 or 4 days ago, otherwise we haven't had any rain for quite awhile.
Some farmers around here are running their pivots, saturating where they have already harvested.
So good to see neighbors helping neighbors, Laura said it well.
Well said Laura !!! Heartwarming to see her and her Dad working together and helping the community. Needs to be of this in today's world.
The communication between you two is Incredible.
Well done everyone take care from pete in york northyorkshire in the UK.
Great response to the fire. Commentary was very informative for nonfarmers to see and hear just how farmers helping farmers is at the root of rural life. Great job