As we pointed out yesterday in an article about wildfires in the Chicago area, it is early March, the time of the year when areas in the northeast United States enter their spring fire season. It’s relatively warm, the snow has melted, the herbaceous vegetation that was killed by last fall’s frost is ready to burn, and green-up has not yet begun.
The Boston Fire Department experienced early evidence of their wildfire season Sunday afternoon when a fire started behind the fire department’s 911 call center and spread along the Muddy River to the Boylston Street Bridge. The dispatchers were the first to report the fire after seeing it on their security cameras. Nine engines responded and had the fire knocked down within 30 minutes.
This URL below will open up to a story that I wrote many years ago that will give you all a perspective about wildfires in Boston.
http://www.cityofboston.gov/fire/divisions/swi_fire_protection.asp
Thanks! Nice information on Boston Brush units.
Boston was one of the first urban departments in New England to have purpose built brush vehicles (Barnstable and Plymouth counties have had their Brush breakers since the 1930’s). Boston Jakes do have a habit of going big and throwing lots of water on a fire (they used to pull up and just deckgun car fires)
Boston FD does not fool around in getting a lot of water on wildfires fires.
Right, Morgan. That looks like 2.5″ hose they are using. Something wildland firefighters rarely see.