![]() “Oh (bleep).” Firefighters initial attack the Ponderosa Fire. “Our life is going to be miserable in a minute if you don’t hurry up.” “We’ve got a busted hose”. Discovery Channel.Īs the flames spread closer to the hose that lay flat with no water, we hear, “Come on boys! Double time it! When you get water take off running”, meaning, when you get water at the nozzle, apply it along the fire’s edge at a fast pace. Firefighters initial attack the Ponderosa Fire. When the crew was struggling on the fire’s edge to charge a hose lay with water a helmet cam captured the action. It was burning in timber, very different from the Apple Fire which was primarily brush. “So instead of having 10 feet of protection, we’re going to have half a mile of protection.”Īt one point the back fire was burning more intensely than desired, so they had a helicopter drop water from a fairly high altitude - not to put it out, but to slow the spread and decrease the intensity, making it easier to maintain control.Ī camera crew was also in Northern California’s Shasta County as Engine 47 was dispatched to the Ponderosa Fire. “Our objective is to hold it right here at this dozer line,” explained Captain David Mendoza. Firefighters igniting back fire on the Apple Fire. Several days after the fire started cameras captured crews igniting a large backfire out ahead of the east side to prevent it from spreading into the Morongo Valley. Cameras mounted inside the engine filmed the crew and recorded their conversations as they drove to the fire.Īfter they arrived and worked for a while, the engine ran out of water so they protected a structure using the resident’s garden hose. It eventually burned more than 38,000 acres. The camera was rolling in the station when the crew was dispatched to the Apple Fire which started near Cherry Valley July 31, five or ten miles north of San Jacinto. I definitely could not have peace of mind out there without strong family support.” “I could get a regular job, but I love this one. Engineer Aaron Dudley is on screen often, talking about his family and what it is like to work for 72 hours on a wildfire. The first engine featured was 3175 in Riverside County, California. Presumably they went through basic fire training and were outfitted with personal protective equipment since they at times were shoulder to shoulder on the fire line with firefighters who had to tell the camera operator to “watch yourself.” The limited series was filmed by camera crews and reporters who embedded, at least in episode 1, with engine crews. Firefighting is about sacrifice." Thom Porter, Director of CAL FIRE. And we do it selflessly as if they're our family members. We run into places that people should't be. It's hard to describe to somebody why mom or dad can't be there. "My greatest regret in this job is the time I didn't spend with my family. ![]() I knew the Discovery Channel’s new series, CAL FIRE, was going to be interesting when the Sunday night premier episode started with a close up of the CAL FIRE director describing his greatest regret. Firefighters responding to the Apple Fire. ![]()
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