Thanks man, and yeah barb wire causes us trouble fo sho. Especially having to cut through it trying to catch a running field fire in the truck🤣 Stay safe brother.
Think ya sprayed yourself lmao, thanks for your service sir, Im also a volunteer firefighter, Imma need to tell my chief to get a hose like that on the brush truck so we dont have to pull one off or have to use an Indian pack, especially when you have to do a lot of work to dig under the fire to make sure you can get it out without it spreading through under the ground.
Haha those whip lines are powerful! We used to have Indian packs at my dept, but everyone absolutely hates them, so if hoses don't reach, we just use hand tools and blowers. Thanks for watching!
We carry 3/4 mop up hose, with adaptor for the end of your red hose. Streches to reach the head and flanks. Excellent in heavy brush where you can't rake.
Might ave been something good for us to have. There was so mutch smoldering heavy brush we couldn't get it all with blowers and rakes, and had to back burn
Yeah we use them on grass fires to push the fire into itself killing it, and in leaves to blow them away in front of the fire, stopping the fire progression. The terrain and vegetation in this video hampered their ability a bit, but I'll have some videos coming out soon showing them working very well.
here in Liguria (Italiy) we also use blowers, they are very useful, also manual tools are useful to put out fire of this type, but we use it directly on the fire, then another operator has to go through it with manual tools such as hoes and rakes, and I think you must use the air much closer to the fire.
We usually have a person on a blower followed by a person with a rake or hoe depending on terrain follow. Sometimes direct attack, sometimes ahead of the fire. Thats cool that you guys use the same tactics as my dept, half the world away. Stay safe
I've even seen ones with a small sprayer hose going into it with a separate trigger to blast a mist of water into the air stream. The air stream itself doesn't cool the surrounding area enough to stop relight so the added slight bit of water helps with that. The ones with a sprayer have a 3-5 gallon backpack with them so they can go for quite a while
I was a volunteer for a few years in Pennsylvania, military brought me to Oklahoma a long time ago. I can tell you that a grass/brush fire in Ok is far more dangerous than Pa. When you have extremely dry vegetation and the Oklahoma wind, it is on top of you before you know it, have to have eyes in the back of your head, and a great team around you.
@@user-fp7mw5lf9d oh yeah it's no walk in the park on the "war days" and "hell days" where the wind is makes for extreme fire conditions. Still not as bad as California and Arizona and all them out west get though.
So much to unpack here. First, I will start with the backburn. Why??? The fire was nearly contained. If it was that much of a concern, cut part of the fence down and get back there with your brush trucks. The backburn was not necessary. Hand tools was another viable option.
We didn't cut the fence because there was no need to destroy property for no reason. The fire was contained but not completely extinguished. This was already a rekindle of a previous controlled burn that got away from the homeowner, and the following day was forecasted to be extreme fire danger. Any smoldering fire in those conditions has the ability to throw embers out of the black and start another fire. So, the overly safe solution was to expand the black all the way to the highway. Also, driving through shrubs and sumac trees would damage a Type 6 rig, unless it was like one of those New Jersy Forestry brush breakers. Furthermore, we used hand tools in the video. But rakes and blowers aren't going to chop down a forest and we didn't have 80 chain saws to cut those trees down in a timely manner.
@@soonerstatefirephotographyYou explained this very well and very professional. I guess it’s easy for me to backseat command a fire when tactics are done differently from area to area. Where I’m from, we have a heavy wildland task in my area and are pretty aggressive. I have to remember that every agency does what works for them. Stay safe brother.
@@bencameron4153 all good man. Our tactics differ every fire as well. Mostly just depending on the terrain and vegetation types. And honestly if there was a house or live in danger we probably would have tried to force the truck through there. Glad I could provide a new perspective, have a good one.
@@soonerstatefirephotography I'm surprised, but also not. depending on where you live in the country - especially if rural - female firefighters can be little to non existent.
We use blowers to put the fire out were hoses can't reach. Typically we blow the leaves away in front of the fire, and push the fire into itself killing it. The blowers didn't work extremely well in the vegetation shown in this video, so we had to back burn the area as a precation anyway. I've got some upcoming videos that will show off the blowers better.
@@SgtGoodGaming here in Liguria (Italiy) we also use blowers, they are very useful, also manual tools are useful to put out fire of this type, but we use it directly on the fire, then another operator has to go through it with manual tools such as hoes and rakes
It is a tactic called "backburning". Wildland firefighters use it to ensure a wildfire cannot rekindle and start up again, and sometimes we even use it to stop the progression of a fire that cannot be reached or stopped with water. We set a controlled fire ahead of or around the wildfire, which burns up the vegetation, stopping the original fire because it cannot burn what has already been burnt.
@@Jakoblenehan719 It is a tactic called "backburning". Wildland firefighters use it to ensure a wildfire cannot rekindle and start up again, and sometimes we even use it to stop the progression of a fire that cannot be reached or stopped with water. We set a controlled fire ahead of or around the wildfire, which burns up the vegetation, stopping the original fire because it cannot burn what has already been burnt.
1. Fire chief told us to start at his truck 2. We usually try to get a look at the whole fire to see what part needs to be hit with most priority 3. The slope of the hill would have made it very difficult to stand in the catwalk on the driver side and fight. 4. It was a slow moving fire with no structures or property in danger so the extra 15 seconds made no difference whatsoever.
I cannot imagine a more disorganized clumsy attempt at fire fighting. Were the 4 people afraid to cross the fence to pull hose? What the heck was that female there for? Not much it seemed. Far too much wasted time at beginning. No coordination whatsoever it appeared. This entire crew needs a ton more training on how to effectively fight a grass fire.
They were pulling hose, one at the rear of the truck, one at the fence, as any firefighter should know, yanking a hose across a barbwire fence isn't going to do anything but tear a hole in it, which is what would be accomplished if someone pulled line on my side of the fence. "The female" was pulling her weight the same as anyone else and was driving the truck in the initial attack. The footage shows one small angle of the fire, but in reality, we had 4 brush trucks and 2 tankers there, attacking fire on three fronts at once, all coordinated by one fire chief initially, and then split into two commands as the incident progressed. Clearly, great coordination took place, I'm sure the USFS would be proud. And, as this was one of 45 grass fires we fought in the span of 2 months, I'd say we got a lot of training in that time period. =)
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😂We tore a lot of bunker pants on that stupid barb wire 😂😂😂great video brother stay safe and best regards from Maine 🇺🇸🍀
Thanks man, and yeah barb wire causes us trouble fo sho. Especially having to cut through it trying to catch a running field fire in the truck🤣 Stay safe brother.
Think ya sprayed yourself lmao, thanks for your service sir, Im also a volunteer firefighter, Imma need to tell my chief to get a hose like that on the brush truck so we dont have to pull one off or have to use an Indian pack, especially when you have to do a lot of work to dig under the fire to make sure you can get it out without it spreading through under the ground.
Haha those whip lines are powerful! We used to have Indian packs at my dept, but everyone absolutely hates them, so if hoses don't reach, we just use hand tools and blowers. Thanks for watching!
We carry 3/4 mop up hose, with adaptor for the end of your red hose.
Streches to reach the head and flanks. Excellent in heavy brush where you can't rake.
Might ave been something good for us to have. There was so mutch smoldering heavy brush we couldn't get it all with blowers and rakes, and had to back burn
Job well done! Great team work dynamics between both of you
Thanks!
Leaf blowers to put out the fire? I've never seen that before and I'm enthralled with the technique.
Yeah we use them on grass fires to push the fire into itself killing it, and in leaves to blow them away in front of the fire, stopping the fire progression. The terrain and vegetation in this video hampered their ability a bit, but I'll have some videos coming out soon showing them working very well.
here in Liguria (Italiy) we also use blowers, they are very useful, also manual tools are useful to put out fire of this type, but we use it directly on the fire, then another operator has to go through it with manual tools such as hoes and rakes, and I think you must use the air much closer to the fire.
We usually have a person on a blower followed by a person with a rake or hoe depending on terrain follow. Sometimes direct attack, sometimes ahead of the fire. Thats cool that you guys use the same tactics as my dept, half the world away. Stay safe
I've even seen ones with a small sprayer hose going into it with a separate trigger to blast a mist of water into the air stream. The air stream itself doesn't cool the surrounding area enough to stop relight so the added slight bit of water helps with that. The ones with a sprayer have a 3-5 gallon backpack with them so they can go for quite a while
@@deekamikaze yes we have it also, in italian we call it "atomizzatori"
Nice vid, Love the brush vids from you.
Thanks, got lots more to come
If yall have any old coats carry one to drape over those barb wires if you need to climb. Picked that up after getting tangled up.
I'll remember that thanks for the tip.
I was a volunteer for a few years in Pennsylvania, military brought me to Oklahoma a long time ago. I can tell you that a grass/brush fire in Ok is far more dangerous than Pa. When you have extremely dry vegetation and the Oklahoma wind, it is on top of you before you know it, have to have eyes in the back of your head, and a great team around you.
@@user-fp7mw5lf9d oh yeah it's no walk in the park on the "war days" and "hell days" where the wind is makes for extreme fire conditions. Still not as bad as California and Arizona and all them out west get though.
So much to unpack here. First, I will start with the backburn. Why??? The fire was nearly contained. If it was that much of a concern, cut part of the fence down and get back there with your brush trucks. The backburn was not necessary. Hand tools was another viable option.
We didn't cut the fence because there was no need to destroy property for no reason. The fire was contained but not completely extinguished. This was already a rekindle of a previous controlled burn that got away from the homeowner, and the following day was forecasted to be extreme fire danger. Any smoldering fire in those conditions has the ability to throw embers out of the black and start another fire. So, the overly safe solution was to expand the black all the way to the highway. Also, driving through shrubs and sumac trees would damage a Type 6 rig, unless it was like one of those New Jersy Forestry brush breakers. Furthermore, we used hand tools in the video. But rakes and blowers aren't going to chop down a forest and we didn't have 80 chain saws to cut those trees down in a timely manner.
@@soonerstatefirephotographyYou explained this very well and very professional. I guess it’s easy for me to backseat command a fire when tactics are done differently from area to area. Where I’m from, we have a heavy wildland task in my area and are pretty aggressive. I have to remember that every agency does what works for them. Stay safe brother.
@@bencameron4153 all good man. Our tactics differ every fire as well. Mostly just depending on the terrain and vegetation types. And honestly if there was a house or live in danger we probably would have tried to force the truck through there. Glad I could provide a new perspective, have a good one.
I have been on many brus fires, this would be the first seeing a leaf blower being used. Is it OK that I can use this video for training.
yeah, feel free to use it, and I have more coming that showcase the blower better, and there are several others on YT
Looks like a Blanchat rig.... nobody builds em better
Yes Sir, Blanchat B-3 Chapparral we love it
Nice looking ladys firefighters
We're one of only 4 (out of 14) departments in the county with any female firefighters. We love our gals, great firefighters.
@@soonerstatefirephotography I'm surprised, but also not. depending on where you live in the country - especially if rural - female firefighters can be little to non existent.
Tank looks a little low, you hit somewhere else before this??
Thats what I thought too
The tank was full, that light/sensor whatever has been broke since about a year after we got the truck
We have to manually look in the tank
What was the purpose of the Blower? I'm confused though even just watching that part
We use blowers to put the fire out were hoses can't reach. Typically we blow the leaves away in front of the fire, and push the fire into itself killing it. The blowers didn't work extremely well in the vegetation shown in this video, so we had to back burn the area as a precation anyway. I've got some upcoming videos that will show off the blowers better.
@@soonerstatefirephotography thats interesting, I didn't know the blowers could be used like that, and for fighting a brush fire
@@SgtGoodGaming here in Liguria (Italiy) we also use blowers, they are very useful, also manual tools are useful to put out fire of this type, but we use it directly on the fire, then another operator has to go through it with manual tools such as hoes and rakes
@@CMNIK1051 That's pretty cool! I have to see my local Fire Rescue station uses blowers as well
@@SgtGoodGaming They are popular with rural departments that fight lots of brush/forest fires.
What department you with
Silver City VFD
Why did u add fire to the fire?
It is a tactic called "backburning". Wildland firefighters use it to ensure a wildfire cannot rekindle and start up again, and sometimes we even use it to stop the progression of a fire that cannot be reached or stopped with water. We set a controlled fire ahead of or around the wildfire, which burns up the vegetation, stopping the original fire because it cannot burn what has already been burnt.
@@soonerstatefirephotography ok
I don’t understand why you were creating fire why is that?
@@Jakoblenehan719 It is a tactic called "backburning". Wildland firefighters use it to ensure a wildfire cannot rekindle and start up again, and sometimes we even use it to stop the progression of a fire that cannot be reached or stopped with water. We set a controlled fire ahead of or around the wildfire, which burns up the vegetation, stopping the original fire because it cannot burn what has already been burnt.
Where tf is she going???? Lmao why didn’t she turn right at the beginning towards the idk… fire?
1. Fire chief told us to start at his truck
2. We usually try to get a look at the whole fire to see what part needs to be hit with most priority
3. The slope of the hill would have made it very difficult to stand in the catwalk on the driver side and fight.
4. It was a slow moving fire with no structures or property in danger so the extra 15 seconds made no difference whatsoever.
I cannot imagine a more disorganized clumsy attempt at fire fighting. Were the 4 people afraid to cross the fence to pull hose? What the heck was that female there for? Not much it seemed. Far too much wasted time at beginning. No coordination whatsoever it appeared. This entire crew needs a ton more training on how to effectively fight a grass fire.
They were pulling hose, one at the rear of the truck, one at the fence, as any firefighter should know, yanking a hose across a barbwire fence isn't going to do anything but tear a hole in it, which is what would be accomplished if someone pulled line on my side of the fence. "The female" was pulling her weight the same as anyone else and was driving the truck in the initial attack. The footage shows one small angle of the fire, but in reality, we had 4 brush trucks and 2 tankers there, attacking fire on three fronts at once, all coordinated by one fire chief initially, and then split into two commands as the incident progressed. Clearly, great coordination took place, I'm sure the USFS would be proud. And, as this was one of 45 grass fires we fought in the span of 2 months, I'd say we got a lot of training in that time period. =)