July 2-3. Long Fire Use. On the second we got dispatched to the Silver Fire but got canceled. On the third we got dispatched to two separate fires. One squad went to the Water Fire. While my squad went to the Long Fire. When we arrived the fire was scouted out and determined to be a lighting strike. This time of year is monsoonal rains in New Mexico. That creates a great opportunity for a fire use fire. To use a fire instead of suppressing it takes approval from high up in the Forest Service so we spent the day watching the fire. Also we did a little burning to keep the fire in check. Since the location is close to our base we spent the night in the barracks while the other squad got rained on all night.

Picture is of Dewey joking around with some safety glasses he found on the side of the road.