Stockton Pass RX(21st-23rd). On the 21st we got sent to Staford AZ. The Stockton Pass RX (20,000 acres) had slopped over the controlled burn area and was at risk of being classified as a wildfire. The crews on the burn timed out on the 21st and one type 2 crew couldn't handle the desert heat any longer. Over night they lined the slop. We mopped up in the morning when arrived.

On the 22nd they continued with aerial ignitions. Basically throwing ping pong balls full of gasoline out of a helicopter. Gila was assigned to hold a road for spot fire which was around 2 miles long with 20 people. We had several engines for back up. Around 3pm the fire activity picked up due to wind changes and the ignitions. Soon after we discovered the burn boss ignited a strip of land the was not intended to be lit. The crew was rush into a burn out operation to buffer the fire from the road. I got put on a chain saw to cut windows into the tall thickets. We do that so you can try to find small burning embers that can turn into spot fires. The winds push at us for most of the burn. We didn't get any spot fires however we put out dozens of burning embers. In the end the everything worked out but it was a hot one.