July 3-5. Long Fire Use. We got approval to fire use the Long Fire. For most of us this is our first fire use. Fire use is different from a controlled burn in that you might put some fire on the ground to corral the fire and keep it controlled. However, mostly as a crew member you just watch it and check for spot fires. Easy work. The district ranger wanted the fire well documented so I got to be the official photographer. Since we didn't have much to do I hiked around getting pictures of flame lengths and the lighting tree.