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the albatross
Gym climber
Flagstaff
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Sep 13, 2015 - 08:49am PT
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http://wildfiretoday.com/2015/09/12/four-firefighters-burned-on-the-valley-fire-in-northern-california/
Four firefighters burned on the Valley Fire in northern California
Posted on September 12, 2015 by Bill Gabbert
Four firefighters working on a new wildfire in northern California suffered burns Saturday afternoon. Daniel Berlant of CAL FIRE said they were part of a helitack crew suppressing the Valley Fire. The firefighters from CAL FIRE helicopter 104 were transported to the Firefighters Burn Institute at the University of California at Davis.
At 8 p.m. on Saturday Mr. Berlant said the four fighters all suffered second degree burns and were in stable condition.
The Valley fire grew to 10,000 acres within six hours after it started at 1:24 p.m. By 10 p.m. it had exploded to 25,000 acres.
The Valley Fire is burning about 8 miles west of the Rocky Fire that burned about 70,000 acres near Clearlake, California north of San Francisco. It also grew very quickly, blackening over 8,000 acres within six hours of starting at 4:10 p.m. PT on July 29.
Mr. Berlant said the Valley Fire has caused evacuation orders to be posted for the communities of Cobb and Middletown.
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Batrock
Trad climber
Burbank
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Sep 13, 2015 - 09:19am PT
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Reilly,
I agree I think they should get some kind of presumptive coverage for lung CA and other types of CA associated with this type of exposure but I doubt that will ever happen. I have been a fireman for almost 30 years and have a few "lifetime" covered injuries that I have to fight tooth and nail to get treated by my department even thought they say I have lifetime coverage on said injury.
I have a year to go before I retire and I am doing my best to limit my exposure to injury, I want to have a long active retirement.
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Srbphoto
climber
Kennewick wa
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Sep 13, 2015 - 09:27am PT
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I wonder if the Lake County fires are being set by the same person. About a week before the Rocky fire, there was one near Cache Creek (off Lake Street) just outside of Lower Lake. They got it knocked down pretty quick. A week later the Rocky fire. Then another and another...
Maybe the pot growers are using slash and burn techniques to open up more land :)
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rottingjohnny
Sport climber
Goldenville west of Lurkerville
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Sep 13, 2015 - 09:29am PT
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I know this retired fireman , who was a speed-skater in the winter olympics...At fires he would direct traffic and avoid any contact with smoke and let the other fire fighters do the dirty work...To help finance his olympic trip , the crew took up a collection which he used to buy a Porsche...Lol..
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Batrock
Trad climber
Burbank
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Sep 13, 2015 - 09:36am PT
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Rottingjohnny,
I dont limit my exposure that much lol. I work for the Los Angeles City Fire Dept. and it kinda hard not to get involved. I promoted to captain 10 years ago to help save my back after surgery but I just cant sit on the sidelines, I'm right there with my crew pulling hose, cutting roof and climbing hills. I may have promoted to captain but they couldnt take the firefighter out of me. :)
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apogee
climber
Technically expert, safe belayer, can lead if easy
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Sep 13, 2015 - 04:18pm PT
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Hey, Dean...how far north of Mammoth (on 395) does one have to go to get out of the smoke?
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apogee
climber
Technically expert, safe belayer, can lead if easy
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Sep 13, 2015 - 04:31pm PT
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Thanks, Dean!
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Norwegian
Trad climber
dancin on the tip of god's middle finger
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Sep 14, 2015 - 08:03pm PT
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raining good here,
just a few latitude
north of Jackson.
humidity is way up,
which helps some.
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MikeMc
Social climber
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Sep 20, 2015 - 10:38am PT
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Damn, 2 more fires in Monterey Co. One is mostly contained, and the other has destroyed/damaged 10 homes, 1 dead, and 1200+ acres burned.
I'd be paranoid as hell if I lived in California right now, snooping on every car that drove by for fear of an arsonist looney.
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Oct 14, 2015 - 09:10am PT
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Bombardier 415's, the famed 'Super Scoopers', at VNY.
LA County leases these from Quebec along with their nouveaux Frog crews.
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Fritz
Trad climber
Choss Creek, ID
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Oct 14, 2015 - 10:08am PT
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There is a 2,800 acre fire burning in the mountains about 16 miles northeast of Boise. It started 5 days ago and really took off due to hot & super-dry conditions and high winds. The second problem was a big lack of fire-fighting resources. Idaho rarely has forest fires in Oct. & if it does, rapid fire-growth is unusual, since conditions are normally much wetter & cooler.
There are currently 285 firefighters on the fire, but a lot of those folks had to be rushed in from California & the SW, since the fire-crews here are seasonal workers.
I spent Sunday night on a farm about 20 miles west of Boise & enjoyed a fire-smoke sunrise on Monday. I didn't enjoy my short business visit to Boise, since it was & is totally "smoked-in" from the fire.
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WyoRockMan
climber
South Fork of the Shoshone
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Oct 19, 2015 - 02:53pm PT
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"Bonus Acres" from a FS "Controlled Burn" on the Clark's Fork. Pilot and Index Peaks in the background.
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