The first was taken in 2000 by a firefighter in the Bitterroot Valley. It was taken from a bridge across the river. I have a before and after picture somewhere showing the recovery a few years after the fire.
The second is a helicopter dipping out of first dam in Logan, UT to take water to the south end of the fire which was right up against the houses in Quail Cove. This was a fun fire because one of my really good friends and I got to put this one down together. It was a pretty big and fast burning fire and we put it down with 1 1/2 hotshot crews and the helicopter and were able to clip it in one day. Scared a lot of people because it was so close to the houses but didn't really even come close to burning any of them. The houses all had good defensible space and that was before the big push to develop defensible space around your home.
2 comments:
Wow, these are awesome pictures! I love that first one!
cool pictures, especially the first one!
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