Just Got Certified and Hired as a Wildland Firefighter

[Plato234]

Was listening to a David Goggins interview and this is what he does for fun between ultra marathons.

I'm inspired by Goggins despite his personality problems, and I was inspired when I heard he was a firefighter.

[Plato234]

It's almost like certain people have incentive to start them!

Intentional arson is actually one the main causes. Before I heard that, I thought maybe there was one arsonist in 10 years, but that's not the case.

[coffey06]

Repped. That's a man's job - adventurous and physical. Keep it up.

[Plato234]

How the hell many fires are there?

Today, the absolute low season, there are 145 new fires, 4 large uncontained fires, and 6 large contained fires. A random region of the country, the northern Rockies, almost 20,000 acres are burning, and 51,00 acres in the country.
In 2020 there were 58,950 fires that burned 10,122,336 acres
https://www.nifc.gov/fire-informatio...tics/wildfires

[Plato234]

I’m pointing out that Op is getting cucked HARD and people are getting mad at me


Jfl

Crew bosses in my company, are earning $50/hr minimum. Some of those guys are Paramedics, work year round, and have tons of certifications, so you don't pull in a small amount of dough. Some of the crew bosses I met, had less than 6 years experience. A small bonus, they get free Arc'tryx gear as well.

[keyboardworkout]

I used to work with an old Apache Indian cop. He had been a hotshot prior to getting hired by the PD. He deployed his shelter and was burned over twice while fighting fires in CA.

One of the old attorneys in the office was a smoke jumper prior to going to college and law school. He said all of his deployments were by helicopter and not parachute.

RIP Granite Mountain Hotshots

The Arizona State Forestry Division released 21 videos showing firefighters battling the Yarnell Hill Fire in Arizona on June 30, 2013. The videos, which the state division said it obtained in a Freedom of Information Act request from the US Forest Service, show the firefighters before and after confirming that 19 members of the Granite Mountain Hotshots, a wildire crew from the Prescott Fire Department, had been killed.

Last transmissions from Granite Mountain Hotshots

[Plato234]

I used to work with an old Apache Indian cop. He had been a hotshot prior to getting hired by the PD. He deployed his shelter and was burned over twice while fighting fires in CA.

One of the old attorneys in the office was a smoke jumper prior to going to college and law school. He said all of his deployments were by helicopter and not parachute.

RIP Granite Mountain Hotshots

Fire shelters are no guarantee, and if you deploy one, it's pretty much the end. They only protect against radiate heat- if fire touches it, you're done.
The Yarnell Hill Fire is one of the biggest mysteries in fire history. An extremely experienced crew of hotshots, for reasons unknown, decided to go into the most dangerous area they could have possible gone, and died.
The movie they made about it, although there's a lot of dramatization, is really good. 'Only the Brave' has Josh Brolin a few big names as well.

[Nonsense916]

Crew bosses in my company, are earning $50/hr minimum. Some of those guys are Paramedics, work year round, and have tons of certifications, so you don't pull in a small amount of dough. Some of the crew bosses I met, had less than 6 years experience. A small bonus, they get free Arc'tryx gear as well.

You really going to stick around 5-6 years to MAYBE make 6 figures?

[Plato234]

You really going to stick around 5-6 years to MAYBE make 6 figures?

YES. Not many jobs where you can see a Boeing 747 fly 500 feet off the ground to drop 24,000 gallons of water/retardant on a big ass fire.

[keyboardworkout]

Fire shelters are no guarantee, and if you deploy one, it's pretty much the end. They only protect against radiate heat- if fire touches it, you're done.
The Yarnell Hill Fire is one of the biggest mysteries in fire history. An extremely experienced crew of hotshots, for reasons unknown, decided to go into the most dangerous area they could have possible gone, and died.
The movie they made about it, although there's a lot of dramatization, is really good. 'Only the Brave' has Josh Brolin a few big names as well.

I have hunted javelina in that area quite a bit and know the terrain well. Like you, I can't figure out how they got cornered like they did.

They had been "in the black" then left for some reason. Perhaps they saw one of the ranches being threatened and tried to get between the ranch and the fire.

[Nonsense916]

YES. Not many jobs where you can see a Boeing 747 fly 500 feet off the ground to drop 24,000 gallons of water/retardant on a big ass fire.

I wish you the best brah

Cheers

[nomnom1989]

congrats man, idk how ya could do a 17 hour day

longest i did was 11(grass cutting) and was pretty tired after

[BrunotheBoxer]

How the hell many fires are there?

Lot of fire prevention.