Good on you! I have people in harm's way (mostly in Washington) and I really appreciate the effort of volunteers. I mean REALLY.
I fought some wild fires up in that neighborhood when I was younger. I'm a danger with a chainsaw but big enough to be a pretty fair hand on a nozzle. I got to stay cooler than all the rest of you!
One of my besties here is a retired Wildfire Captain. They MADE him retire at 70. The last 20 years he ran a prison crew of Hotshots. Our fire season is a little different than yours so he took his crew to Washington, Oregon or California every year. The inmates loved it and he made a shit pile of money (and in truth he loved it, too).
Thanks again, man. That's some big stuff. Oh. When I first saw your picture I thought you had a double barrel shotgun draped over your shoulder... Pretty typical pose on a trap range :)
Yeah I am definitely not so hot on the double barrel shotgun thing however they are definitely fun and interesting I have to say that.
It was definitely fun work.
Watching the locals put water containers in the back of their vehicles along with a pump some hose and a nozzle next thing you know we are spraying spot fires and really helping things out.
Really excited about that chainsaw it definitely helped get the job done over and over.