Wow - nice to see how a prescribed fire is professionally done! Hard to find on the internets these days. There's much more teamwork required than I realized.
absolutely I have been doing prescribed burns for 4 years now and teamwork is the difference between starting a forest fire and achieving a successful prescribed burn
absolutely I have been doing prescribed burns for 4 years now and teamwork is the difference between starting a forest fire and achieving a successful prescribed burn
As a burn boss for 20 years we have learned to use flank ignition rather than strip head fires to avoid the minnie head fires that you experianced which can ignite unwanted spot fires.
What type of hose and pump is that? Is it a 1/2 inch pressure washer hose and pressure washer pump or is it a 3/4" garden hose with a standard pump at 100 psi?
kel Every crew has its methods. As this is a prescribed burn, we pick the wind, humidity, the day. Check out the TREX exchanges for sharing and learning ideas about wild-land firefighting.
Those tall flames from burning grass/forbs, etc, can be EXTREMELY HOT on your body! Be sure to Wear ALL necessary Fire Rated Clothing, Face/neck protection,helmet and visor, Boots, and gloves!
that fire lighter needs to learn what is 6 inches wide and what is 2 feet wide. I think he works on a couple of inches being a foot and a foot being a yard!!!!
_Prescribed_ burning (what a stupid term) does not really emulate a natural process as only about 10% of wildfires are caused by lightning and lava flows. Remember, thunderstorms also produce rain, sleet, snow, and hail (all forms of precipitation). Not to mention most lightning strikes do not hit the ground. Most are either intracloud (contained within one cloud) or intercloud (cloud to cloud). What's more is that most lightning induced forest fires are caused by positively charged lightning strikes, which account for 25% or fewer of lightning strikes.
Most major wildfires don't take off immediately after a lightning striker or combustion. They tend to smolder for a couple of days, especially in a storm like you're describing. By the time they take off, things are pretty dry, and then you have a major problem, like where you're going to spend the next few weeks until you can have your house rebuilt.
@@philliplewis1586 This is unfortunately what it looks like frequently after thunderstorms where I live: th-cam.com/video/14v9QxaKOYc/w-d-xo.html Fires are not going to start here, period.
Wow - nice to see how a prescribed fire is professionally done! Hard to find on the internets these days. There's much more teamwork required than I realized.
absolutely I have been doing prescribed burns for 4 years now and teamwork is the difference between starting a forest fire and achieving a successful prescribed burn
absolutely I have been doing prescribed burns for 4 years now and teamwork is the difference between starting a forest fire and achieving a successful prescribed burn
As a burn boss for 20 years we have learned to use flank ignition rather than strip head fires to avoid the minnie head fires that you experianced which can ignite unwanted spot fires.
What type of hose and pump is that? Is it a 1/2 inch pressure washer hose and pressure washer pump or is it a 3/4" garden hose with a standard pump at 100 psi?
Interesting video, I live in Canada on the Prairies and we could benefit from more training like this. What size of hose is that your using?
I work for cal fire and you never want to do that. You teaching the new guy the wrong way.
kel Every crew has its methods. As this is a prescribed burn, we pick the wind, humidity, the day. Check out the TREX exchanges for sharing and learning ideas about wild-land firefighting.
Someone is standing on the wrong side of the fire line.
Those tall flames from burning grass/forbs, etc, can be EXTREMELY HOT on your body! Be sure to Wear ALL necessary Fire Rated Clothing, Face/neck protection,helmet and visor, Boots, and gloves!
Work smart ...not dead.
that fire lighter needs to learn what is 6 inches wide and what is 2 feet wide. I think he works on a couple of inches being a foot and a foot being a yard!!!!
in the first video you said it was wrong to stand in the fuel so why are they doing it in this video
Why are you using so much water. The fire is not going to cross into the green.
Filmed with technicolor nausea cam.
_Prescribed_ burning (what a stupid term) does not really emulate a natural process as only about 10% of wildfires are caused by lightning and lava flows. Remember, thunderstorms also produce rain, sleet, snow, and hail (all forms of precipitation). Not to mention most lightning strikes do not hit the ground. Most are either intracloud (contained within one cloud) or intercloud (cloud to cloud). What's more is that most lightning induced forest fires are caused by positively charged lightning strikes, which account for 25% or fewer of lightning strikes.
Most major wildfires don't take off immediately after a lightning striker or combustion. They tend to smolder for a couple of days, especially in a storm like you're describing. By the time they take off, things are pretty dry, and then you have a major problem, like where you're going to spend the next few weeks until you can have your house rebuilt.
Gamm: It isn't necessary to emulate the fire starting method by lightning. (That's really a nutty idea).
@@KB4QAA What's nutty is overlooking the effects precipitation has and the rareness of light caused fires.
@@philliplewis1586 This is unfortunately what it looks like frequently after thunderstorms where I live: th-cam.com/video/14v9QxaKOYc/w-d-xo.html Fires are not going to start here, period.