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Wednesday, January 30, 2013

Air Tankers in Santa Barbara (1987)

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I got involved with doing some background reading on ice formation in rivers so that I can be in a better position to make informed ice obse...
Monday, January 28, 2013

Memories of the NJ Shore

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I was not intending to write an article on life after Super Storm in NJ, and the ongoing recovery. But I went to the online edition of the S...
Friday, January 25, 2013

On a lighter note -- cat up a pole

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I got wind of this story of a Colorado fire department rescuing a cat who had been perched atop a utility pole for three days from Mike Ar...
Wednesday, January 23, 2013

Reflections on Firecats

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We have never met, that doesn't really matter. I have one of your patches on a denim jacket I wear in the warmer weather and I ha...
Monday, January 21, 2013

DeHavilland Grumman CP-121 Tracker

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I finish up what turned out to be a series of four articles on Conair's Firecats and their military history with this short piece about ...
Friday, January 18, 2013

Grumman Tracker

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Writing about the Conair's Firecats recently got me thinking about their military use. If I'm not mistaken, prior to their service ...
Wednesday, January 16, 2013

Conair Firecat T-564 to Canadian Museum of Flight

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direct link to video I'd like to thank a good friend who sent me a link to this video of the final flight of Firecat T-564 fro...
Monday, January 14, 2013

Conair Firecats in action

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Conair in Abbotsford British Columbia (BC), Canada retired their last two Firecats in August 2012, I'll be writing about that in my ...
Friday, January 11, 2013

Wildfires in Australia still burning

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The wildfires in Australia continue to burn. direct link to video Report on wildfires in SE Australia from Australian Broadcast C...
Wednesday, January 09, 2013

Wildfires continue in Australia, serious threat remains

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Over the last couple of days I have frequently found my thoughts turning to the numerous wildfires currently burning all over eastern Austra...
Monday, January 07, 2013

Wildfires in Tasmania (Australia)

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Video that I originally embedded here is no longer available and the link is removed (8/2/15) Yesterday as I was driving I heard a report...
Friday, January 04, 2013

Wildland Firefighters: Deployment via Heli-rappelling

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Specially trained wildland firefighters are deployed to wildfires in remote and difficult to access areas via rappelling from a hovering he...
Wednesday, January 02, 2013

wildland firefighters: smokejumpers in action

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Smokejumpers in action working a wildfire in Alaska during the 2012 season direct link to video
Monday, December 31, 2012

Wildland Firefighters: About Smokejumping

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I embedded a short video about smokejumping in Alaska last Friday  and want to spend a little more time on the important role that smokej...
Friday, December 28, 2012

Wildland Firefighting: smokejumper training in AK

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direct link to video
Wednesday, December 26, 2012

Wildland Firefighters: Crews battle 2007 fire near Prescott, AZ

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direct link to video  Click on the about link when you get to youtube for more information on the wildfire that you see in the video. Th...
Monday, December 24, 2012

The Shepard

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direct link to video on youtube, click on about for links to more information about The Shepard and Alan Maitland A good friend of...
Friday, December 21, 2012

Wildland firefighters: Slide Mt. Hand Crew (2007)

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direct link to video
Wednesday, December 19, 2012

Wildland firefighters: hotshot crews (2 of 2)

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And continuing with hotshot crews, this video is about  a 2008 hotshot crew from Idaho City. direct link to video
Monday, December 17, 2012

Wildland Firefighters: Hotshot Crews 1 of 2

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In the next few articles, I'll be using some videos to let you into the world of wildland firefighters on the ground. This video is abou...