Tuesday, May 23, 2006

Quigley Fire - Second fire in a row. The location was near Crown Point Gulch but far more remote. We worked with the Alpine Hotshots who did the Initial attack. We dug approx. 2 chains of fire line on the steep slope. I got to work with my team leader who was the Americorps sawyer. My job was swamper which means you move the brush that the chain saw creates at the head of the fire line work. We got to work around some good size flames, enough to get my boots hot! Our first encounter with Alpine didn't go well. It turns out that the Alpine Hotshots know how to rhyme Americorps with the word whore. Creative yet inappropriate use of fire line flagging. Sounds like our supervisor had a nice word with their crew boss. The fire was summed up around 4 acres started by lighting.

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