The Best Job In The World
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My cousin was a tribal firefighter out of Wisconsin. He was a Hot Shot and traveled all over the country fighting wildfires. He loved his God, his girl, his family, his job, and his fellow firefighters. He died in a car accident this summer. He was only 26. There were over 100 firefighters at his funeral, all wearing their wildfire gear, and his trademark red bandana.
garrisonaw sorry to hear that. he sounds like a cool guy
R.I.P
garrisonaw What part of Wisconsin was he from?
Up by the Apostle Islands on Lake Superior.
garrisonaw Oh, very cool. I'm just a couple hours south in Appleton.
I dated a woman years ago who was from Idaho. I went out to visit her and met her father. He was at one time a smoke jumper. He'd jump out of airplanes into remote forests to fight wild fires. He also worked for the Idaho board of Ed traveling to small remote towns to help set up schools for the kids, helped set up reflectors on hilltops so that remote towns could receive television signals, and was a forester who graded trees for a logging company. There are lots of cool jobs out that way, but you have to like the wilderness though. :-)
We definitely don't do it for the money I'll tell you that right now
My Grandfather's neighbour (Nova Scotia, pretty secluded wooded area) once refused to put out a fire during a fire ban a couple of years ago even when directly asked by the forest fire fighting crew, ten to fifteen minutes later the helicopter dumped water all over his property,
Jacob Melanson Yeah... 3-year-olds are supposed to test their boundaries... Adults are supposed to know better. Serves him right.
Did he have to finish cooking the hotdogs inside the house?
Lol
I am from Nova Scotia
@@powerminescrypto congrafuckinglations
Seeing the strategy employed between ground crew and air support was fantastic. Thank you. You've given me an enlightened perspective of wildland fire suppression strategies. Thanks for filming. So cool.
FRESH PRINCESS These look like some guys that would love some Zucchini bread.
It's never too late to become a volunteer firefighter or EMT. It's a great way to help your community.
They were guys who loved zucchini bread. My hips are bad otherwise I would go help. After I get patched up maybe. I could at least help int he kitchen.
+FRESH PRINCESS Okay, that's a good reason. In my neck of the woods the have auxiliarys they once were called lady auxiliarys but just as many men do it as woman. The auxiliarys get together when there is a major incident. They then make food and drink and bring it to the firefighters. Maybe there is something like that around you. It's a great way to be involved. It already sounds like you're doing something like that.
We did that Sunday night. We went up and gave away donation from our community. We're going to collect more for them this week and continue until they're called out.
My dad asked me what I was watching, so I said "Wildland firefighting", and he said "is that a band or something? " :P
Omfg get him a hand tool and send him in show him about it
"Are ya winning son?" Haha
🤣🤣
Nice
Great video! I was flying those Blackhawks in the Cougar Creek fire then got moved up to Chelan. Good to see the perspective from the ground because it is so hard to see exactly where you guys want the water. Bonny is an excellent pilot as well and I learned a lot from watching her fly. Keep up the great work!
+Ryan Kennedy Thanks Ryan.
Is it hard flying the black hawks
+Duane Gostomski well I am no expert, but it can't be the easiest thing in the world, not only having to pilot but having to get lined up where water is needed
Yeah I was up in the chelan area in 94 lots of work I was a strike team leader with the national guard had a great team did 21 day tour came back after RR did another 21 thru holloween..met a lot of good people..oh btw the command from national guard called OT operation Raven
Spoke to the female pilot in the video today at the Dallesport airport today. She said thanks for the video so she can show her family in England.
+g0rgewindsurfer How very cool. If you have here contact info I'd love to send her a personal thank you.
She was awesome!
“You have to love fire to be doing this job”, I think that’s so awesome
I did it for 6 years, they still are the best years of my life. I still miss it alot. Fought fires in California, Oregon, Wyoming, South Dakota, Colorado Utah, and even one in Nebraska (ft. Robinson fire). I was really living the dream back then!
I used to work for the California Department of Forestry, unfortunately it was in one of the inmate Crews. I started out with the McLeod and work my way up to First chainsaw. helicopter rides to the top of mountains that we could not hike to tie in fire lines, there was times when we would spend three to five days up in the hills without coming down to base camp food and water were brought by helicopter, those were some fun times in my life even though I was incarcerated, then again I was young in my early twenties. there was a captain by the name of Don Stockton he had been doing this for years this old man was badass he was a mean son of a bitch but he was fair if you took care of business.
Is there a way that they allow the inmate crews to join a wildland team if they want to after they serve their sentence,it seems like it’s a good program and if it keeps inmates out of trouble and returning to jail they should be allowed to join a wildland fire team.
If I had a choice to live comfortable (financially) like Cody and do what he does or live like a millionaire, i'd still choose to live like him. Fascinating life he has. Keep it up brother.
Idk why He’s comfortably financially, but he seems to prioritize things. I doubt he spends his money on BS like tv subscriptions, star bucks coffee and fast food. He instead seems to buy high quality tools that last him decades so he doesn’t wast $100+ per year on buying less good boots, pants and other clothes. I know people who would be poor, but they own property. And because they own property they are way ahead of the guy who lives in a nice apartment, driving a nice car, but is owned by the bank
I fought forest fires for eight years in Oregon thru high school and college. You are right it was the best job in the world!
Mrs W is gonna have to learn how to cook on a shovel now.
LOL
One of the guys in my FD is in charge of the NG helo repair guys in CT. They service all the helos in the northeast for the national guard.
CoDy DiDnT dO wOrK wItH tHe FoReSt SeRvIcE
He was employed as a volunteer with the USFS. If you don't know how volunteer fire stations work then you need to Google it.
If you think calling the drops is fun, try flying them. There is nothing quite so satisfying as dropping full buckets on a raging fire all day long and leaving only smoke. Doing so was one of my motivations for becoming a Helicopter pilot in the Marine Corps and my time flying gave me quite a bit of satisfaction on a variety of missions around the world. The immediate gratification of putting out fires is something special. Keep up the good work.
Your sir , in my humble opinion, are the definition of what an American should be like."This is the best job in the world" are the words from your mouth after a long, hot, hard days work. I Will do my best to raise my children to be like that, but I do believe people like you and my Grandpa (93yr old ww2 vet) are part of a dying breed, never to be seen again
Samuel Watkins o
And yet countless people still sign up and do these jobs every year...
Civilians come and go. You are wrong about them never returning. Hard times makes hard men.
100 people dislike stopping forestfire...
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6:45 my man rly made a shovel forest fire burito thats mad! respect!
I found it hilarious in the shot where one guy was hosing the trees and Cody was lighting the fires
I just wanted to tell all you firefighters thank you it means alot its been bad here in spokane but I no its alot worse where you guys are so thank you and please stay safe god bless
Great video, it is amazing what the pilots can do. A few years back I watch a gentleman in an H1 Huey setting power poles over a range north of Stanley Idaho and could believe what skill he had. Thanks again for videoing something most people will never have a chance to see.
As a Washingtonian, thank you for your service and hard work up here, when you didn't have to at all. Shows a lot about a man who can just pick up and leave everything he knows (& his family) to come help a neighboring state. We give Oregon a rough time, and vice versa -- but in the end, fellow brothers will come through. Firefighters are some of the best guys I know. Your channel -- over the past few months I've been watching when I can, you're just a straight up, honest and good man. Thanks for teaching my generation the things that many of us never heard or learned for whatever reason. Keep up the good work, in life.
I really enjoy the wildlands fire videos, the music montage in the beginning is a great format!
Love the music!
you are special very good people
+sami Israel Thank you Sami
+Wranglerstar i have a question do you ever want to be the person in the helicopter?
Sure is! I have been a seasonal Wildland Firefighter in Nova Scotia, Canada since 07', love every minute of it. Very nice footage, keep up the great work!
Really, really enjoyed this video. Thanks for bringing us along...easy to see why you find the work so satisfying. Blessings.
Some voiceover would help explain what you are doing and why. Don't worry about length. I could watch an hour of this. Back here in the East, we see a lot of news shots of your western fires, but they only last a couple of seconds, and we never see what you are actually doing to control them.
do i understand it right that you are fighting fire with fire ther? meaning you start the fire from the opposite side so that it takes the fuel away from the actual fire before they both meet? SFMBE...
muh1h1 Typically that's how most wild fires are fought, burn the fuel away so as the incoming fire doesn't have any fuel... burns out. As the old saying goes: "Fight fire with fire".
TsmnnDvl5 Yeah. Doesn't always work right though. If it goes wrong well... Get just get more fire.
+muh1h1 first learnt this watching shaman king
+TsmnnDvl5 But sometimes this doens work and you have two fires :)
+retiredusfsnps thanks for the essay
The shot at 3:58 ...
Seriously, though, thanks for a great video! I found your channel a couple of months back and have greatly enjoyed your work. This video takes me back to the Lexington Reservoir Fire (arson) of 1985. Flame spread a substantial distance up the slope of the Santa Cruz Mountains. Between that and a wildfire in Riverside County at the same time, 90% of the professional firefighting capacity of the US was in California. I was a Santa Clara County Sheriff's Deputy and spent the week it took to extinguish the blaze on patrol in the mountains. Intense experience!
This was an amazing series! love seeing fireground operations. I used to do this a few years back before I went into the military. This series makes me wanna go back and do this again. Bravo Cody.
I salute you and your fellow firefighters. Keep up the fine work.
Nathan
stay alert stay alive, you men keep safe and watch each others 6.
It's clear you enjoy it. Be blessed and be safe. I'm glad to have you on my channel list! :o) Here I am 2 years later... Thank you for doing what you do Cody!
Thank you John. He's actually out right now on another fire. MrsW here
I made a living as a wildland fire fighter for 10 years, 1980s-early '90s. Yes, it is a fantastic job. But it takes a toll. Bad knees, bad hips, worn out back, but I'd do it all over again in a heartbeat. I started with the USFS on an engine crew on the Klamath NF, then ran a hand crew on the Shasta-Trinity, then worked on a Hotshot crew on the Eldorado, then to Alaska where I worked on the Midnight Suns Hotshots and also Chena. I fought fires over the years ranging from the beach of the Pacific around Big Sur, to as far east as the Smoky Mountains of eastern Tennessee where we burned up Rocky Top of country music fame trying to do a "controlled" burn out. I fought fire literally from the Mexican border around Douglas, Arizona, to as far north as above the Arctic Circle on the Yukon Flats in Alaska. Good times, good people.
It's very cool to see what you do Cody. Thank you very much for this.
Your Wildland Firefighting videos have been some of my favorite videos you have made.
Thanks for what you do man. We appreciate it. I live in SE Washington and we are catching all the smoke from up north. Stay Safe.
Very cool Cody. Thank you for bringing it to us!
I'm amazed just how accurate those pilots can make bucket drops.
How the U.S. Forest service deals with fire.
Thank you for volunteering my old friend.
I love back burning, and when a tree is torching up in front of you. Ive always been a IA hand crew so I would not know how it is on a engine crew.
This is definitely in my TOP 5 videos produced by you. I was engaged the whole time, and in this video you told us a great story!
What were the chances of you getting stuck up there if the winds reversed?
When our 19 Hot Shots here in Prescott, AZ (Granite Mountain Hot Shots) died a little more than two years ago, the look out guy couldn't even notify them fast enough before it was too late.
Granite mountain was a terrible tragedy.
How the U.S. Forest Service Services the Forest
I was looking for one of these comments haha
Hey Wranglerstar, i just wanted to thank you and all the other forestry men and firefighters alike. The california valley fire has been devastating and very stressfull for almost everyone in lake county and I'm thankful we have people like you who care for our forests and keep any horrible fires like that from happening.
I typically only really look forward to the homesteading videos of yours but this instantly became a Top 10 Wranglerstar vid for me, dude. Thanks for bringing us along, Cody.
Hey Cody we had a heap of fire fighters from down here in Australia leave to go and help you guys out! keep safe mate..
oLMan Grubb They are lucky, most of the folks that go to the USA-Australia assignments are higher level and go for training purposes, same with those here that go to Australia. It's not about desperate need of firefighters at all.
+oLMan Grubb Thanks to everyone in Aussie land helping out!
+oregonnich never said anything about a desperate need just said we were sending guys over to help!
Fires in Australia are soooo much different to these ones, it's good to watch, videos great
KStrike RC and hows that?
I see now why you wear a compass on your watch strap.
You sir have huge amount of the respect of a guy from brazilian central West. God bless you and those guys who are making that really great job!
I talked to several of the firefighting aircrews and pilots while I was flying in the area last week. They are a dedicated bunch. I very much admire what they do.
thank you for your service.
+Derpy McDerpinstein thank you for thanking for fro thanking him for his service
Thank you for thanking him, for thanking him, for thanking him for his service.
MrDanielHawes thank you all for paying your taxes
elindred thank you for thanking him for thanking him for thanking him for thanking him about thanking him for his service
How are your boots holding up to the work?
Awesome video man. We used to work out of Asheville NC regional airport and the forestry P3's would stop in all the time. They were pretty cool aircraft, the bottoms would always be covered in that redish-brown stuff.
In the thick of it for sure! The bucket drops were amazing, those pilots are really fearless. The updrafts & turbulence must be very unnerving when performing those drops. Great footage. Admiration for you & your fellow firefighters!
To the untrained eye you look as if you have gone rogue when you set fire to the shrubs
I dunno Cody, I think the adventures faced in the world of staff accountant may give you a run for your money! Papercuts! Staple punctures! Hot coffee scalding! Safety Sallies beware!
Seriously though, you definitely live the life. Thanks for all the great vids!
Awesome. Thanks for sharing and God bless all the crew.
Bucket drops! Love it. I was in Northern Saskatchewan this summer doing the same thing. What a rush!!
We're did you go to school at
Go the Aussie pilot, great job Cody, Cheers.
Thanks for sharing glad to see some different perspectives on an air drop. Nice and close in.
Great photography, brother. Great to see everyone cooperating so professionally and truly amicably. Try to stay medium rare, God Bless, - Mike
Loved that job. I would like to do it again, minus the bs that made me leave CAL FIRE.
+Joey 2Pedals You got that right. To many "glory seeking" people who are not in it for the fun and adventure. They are in it for the "HERO" Worship. They have ego problems and want everyone to look up to them and worship them like they are gods. They think they are special because they fight fire.
+John Smith yup. but it was so much fun
That's why I did if for 20+ years in another state in the south. I did it for the adrenalin rush. Never thought of myself as special or a hero. I just loved the fire. I'm retired now. :-)
I have my wildland fire certification but I've never been able to snag a job through one of the government agencies, I've applied three times
NM Desertadventure vale district in Oregon will take you
Go to the local Forest service and ask for information on contract crews
Great video Cody. I enjoy seeing how fires are fought and especially liked the water drops. A couple summers ago I watched 3 choppers working a fire 3 or 4 miles from where I was camped but couldn't see the water when it hit the fire. Thanks for the education.
BEST VIDEO EVER ON TH-cam!!!!! THANKS A MILLION FOR TAKING US TO WORK WITH YOU!!! ALWAYS WONDERED WHAT WENT ON ON THE GROUND IN A WILDFIRE...GLAD YOU LOVE YOUR JOB AS WELL!!! MAKES A BIG DIFFERENCE THAT WAY...PAT FROM CALGARY
kind of makes me feel like I'm doing nothing with my life, haha!
The fact that Rolling Stone blatantly lied about you and your service is disgusting. More power to you Cody. Act accordingly!
He was never USFS
@jackelracer593 Yes he was. A volunteer for the US Forest Service. The USFS does have stations dedicated to the volunteer team.
@@SeeveJo AD FIRE spots are lower than the USFS Volunteer even a GS3 is lower than a Volunteer He was cooperater with his volly dept
Just witness you reply to someone saying you were never in the service. Proved them wrong! Good work.
Love your wildland videos Cody. It gives a really interesting insider perspective, thanks for sharing. I hope you continue to make more of these as time permits!
Man Cody when you do a job , you sure do it well. Nicely done
why start more fires? I'm not trying to be negative. I want to learn
They start more fires in a controlled manor - this burns the vegetation near roads etc to use up the fuel the wildfire would use... Leaving nothing for the wildfire to spread across. It's called back burning if you'd like to read up some more :)
Brayden Stewart think of a box if you start the outside on fire it burns from the outside in then puts itself out.
This would make a great PC/console multiplayer strategy game!
i love your firefighting videos, Cody, and i would love to see a video about what you personally do to stay in shape for fighting fires
he lives in Australia I knew it
+Lol Itages Is Mt. Fuji in Australia? Was he sending us off the track in the wrong country?
+Raoul Thomas no he said a fake mount fugi so we dont find out where he lives it dosent matter any way
Hi Cody, your work sure looks like a hard one but incredibly interesting !
I've always been wondering (and maybe your viewers can help me with this) : how lighting small fires help you fight the big ones ? Is it to get rid of anything that may catch on fire by controlling it ?
Thanks for the videos, keep making them !
Thank you. I wish you safe, and that you put yourself out of a job having to fight these fires. Your footage is real and tense, frighteningly beautiful.
I was a Wildland Firefighter in BC Canada for 3 years in the middle 90s. This video brings back alot of memories!!!! Thank you.
How many gallons of water in a bucket drop?
and what is the turnaround time?
+cejkwo Mass I don't know about this particular one but they come in all sorts of sizes (less then 100 to over 2000 gallons) to match with the lift capabilities of the helicopter. I believe UH-60's usually carry Bambi buckets in the 500-750 gallon range.
+NordboDK I too would be curious at the turnaround time there. They usually dip the bucket at a nearby lake, so the distance to the source determines turnaround time.
+Gun Sense (drmaudio) When the fire gets close to urban areas, the really good pilots dip out of swimming pools.
wildcat19671 Nice!
I am looking into going into forest firefighting what would you suggest as a major in college?
Owen Byrne something with fire
Owen Byrne nothin... you just need to be extremely fit and have a lot of common sense
Don’t go is a good major
Great video Cody. It's not only awesome to see this kind of stuff it's awesome to see how much you guys enjoy what you do. We know it's really hard, dirty work, but protecting all of those that would be affected by these fires has got to be on the top of the list when it comes to serving your fellow man. God Speed and may he keep all of you safe in your journeys.
Great to hear Jo on the other side of the world. Always so helpful and polite. I hope she is back in Australia flying FB200 for the RFS this season.
My Dream is to fight forest fires, hopefully someday I will!
Do you guys not use drip torches?
Dusty James Our department doesn't have the money to purchase torches,
+Wranglerstar that's too bad. They're fun. Hey thx for vids. Brings back the good ol days. Stay safe Cody
+Wranglerstar DNR grant??? Loving these videos. Please keep'em coming!!!
though i dont suggest it. drip torches are quite easy to make.
Miss the PNW see ya 2018 season
I think I found a new favorite channel! After I graduate, I hope to be supporting you guys from the air.
I've got a lot of family up in Central Eastern Oregon that are being closed in on by the Canyon Creek Complex and other fires. Thank you for all your efforts up there! Stay safe!
For sure its a good job but I've got the best....Arborist.
I remember that Cody once mentioned a fire field book he uses, does anyone know what its called? Thanks!
Fr3nZy IRPG
That's Incident Response Pocket Guide. We're also given the fireline handbook. But the IRPG is what we carried
Wranglerstar Thank you!
Thanks for taking us along Cody! Stay safe and keep looking up brother.
Watching how you work the fire is similar to emcom. I'm a amateur radio operator and I've done work with ARES ( Amateur Radio Emergency Services ) RACES ( Radio Amateur Civil Emergency Services ). It's amazing how establishing a command and communications structure along with coordinated event management can be the recipe for success
No wonder this fire is only getting worse, 500,000 acres burned and you guys are using it to cook burritos!
(this is a joke for the record and not meant to be malicious.)
Great to see the efforts you all go to in these situations. Outstanding work ladies and gentlemen
Living in so cal. And having wild forest go off every year. Having men like you on the ground and in the air risking it all to combat the fires is very much appreciated. Thank you!
Thanks again Cody for doing your part! and man what great tag along footage to share with us!
Appreciate you and all our fire fighters! Love the video.
wow! glad to watch this cody. I tried to volunteer for the omak/colville blaze in eastern wa but they filled up spots and stopped taking apps at the volunteer center. I wish I had training so next time I can actually be picked. anyway sweet video and stay safe if you are still out there!!!
25 years with CALFire, retired in Feb. I miss it especially now as the weather warms and the brush starts to thicken… I know what’s coming, but I’m not a part of it anymore. I don’t know that the urge ever goes away.
I can't even imagine how hot it is out there! Stay safe.