July 6. Dispatched to Souther California. Spent the day traveling and anticipating.

July 7. Gap Fire. We got redirected once in So Cal. Santa Barbara bound. A couple of the guys got to see the Pacific for the first time. One Hotshot saw the ocean for the first time.

We arrived late to the fire line. Put in some hose and mopped an edge of the fire that had gotten hot the day before. Lots of houses in some really bad spots.