Brotherhood of Firemen

[Loony661]

We just had a small hay fire today on some of our hay ground. I didn't get to help fight it since I was an hour away working. I didn't get big and was stopped fairly quickly.

A disc bine set it off.

The Town I was working in had a couple of fire calls today. The one group was still out fighting the one fire when I left work. They had been at it for 5 hours at that point. They were pulling other fire departments in to help.

Disk bine must have caught a rock? Or did a bearing have a “thermal event”?

 

[redneckhillbilly]

we had a .10 of an acre wildfire about 20 miles south of me, they rolled 4 tenders and 6 type 6 engines to it. I am very happy to see the dnrc and forest service rolling that much gear to little fires.

an old Incident comander once told me "go hard go quick" and its nice to see the big wigs throwing rescources to quickly get these fire attacked

 

[Powerstroke Cowboy]

Disk bine must have caught a rock? Or did a bearing have a “thermal event”?

I'm assuming it was a rock.

 

[Powerstroke Cowboy]

Sitting in the tender watching the mop-up.

 

[Loony661]

Sitting in the tender watching the mop-up.
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Nice - looks like ya’ll got it before it got too big.

 

[redneckhillbilly]

any idea what sparked it?

 

[Powerstroke Cowboy]

any idea what sparked it?

A swather caught on fire and started the field fire. A sickle mower.

Nice - looks like ya’ll got it before it got too big.

We had three departments show on site as well as DNRC and some guys from Michigan. It was windy. Fortunately it got stopped where it did. If it hadn't there a good chance it could have ran for miles. Nothing but dead grass and field ready for harvest for miles.

This was the third fire I've been too in the last three days.

 

[Powerstroke Cowboy]

Pray for us out here Please. We are assisting ND with a BIG fire. There's atleast 20 miles long of double of fire line. It's windy as well.

THANKS!!

 

[Mastermind]

Pray for us out here Please. We are assisting ND with a BIG fire. There's atleast 20 miles long of double of fire line. It's windy as well.

THANKS!!

Big prayers for all involved.

 

[FederalQ]

We are under wild fire watch here, a rare occurrence. It has been very dry and it’s windy this weekend. October 8th marks the anniversary of the Peshtigo fire of 1871, and weather conditions today are similar to that year.

 

[Powerstroke Cowboy]

It's over 40 miles of fire line with multiple fire lines.

 

[Loony661]

It's over 40 miles of fire line with multiple fire lines.

Prayers being sent.. I know it’s last on your mind, but get a pic if you have a moment.

 

[redneckhillbilly]

stay safe, keep calm, if your not feeling safe, get somewhere you do.

 

[Powerstroke Cowboy]

The fires under control. I grabbed some pictures, but it really doesn't do justice. I'd love to have a areal shot.

There another big fire south of us as well.

 

[Catbuster]

It's over 40 miles of fire line with multiple fire lines.

Sounds like a good time

Remember your 10s & 18s.

Keep up with LCES.

Keep one foot in the black.

You’ve been trained for this, it’s nothing but a thing now-and enjoy the view… Even if it’s not what Randy Moore calls a method of payment.

Helene knocked all of our drought out. NWS actually used the word “eradicated” as part of their weather brief. Burn ban lifted, it’s slash pile & RX burn time.

 

[FederalQ]

Be safe. I just learned of a fatality around Williston.

 

[Powerstroke Cowboy]

Thanks to all praying!! My brother and I are no longer on the fire. They are watching hotspots and the rig mats that are burning between Ray and Tioga on the south side of the road.

Some pictures. I'm waiting for some air shots.

 

[Powerstroke Cowboy]

I couple more. Heres the rig mats that are burning between Ray and Tioga.



Link to a news article with one areal picture.

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www.willistongraphic.com

 

[Loony661]

That’s big. Glad you’re safe and it’s winding down.

 

[Powerstroke Cowboy]

That’s big. Glad you’re safe and it’s winding down.

Same here. We never got into anything crazy. We did have black out conditions while being in the black.

Apparently there was two fires. It was not one big one. They did get close to joining though.

From the west side of the one to the east side of the other was about 36 miles as the crow flies. I'm not sure how much space was between them.