White Earth Reservation, Midewin Hotshots, Iron Mountain Handcrew, Folsom Lake Veterans Crew, & Del Rosa Hotshots
Folsom Lake Veterans Crew. Screenshot from their video below.
Fire crews and organizations have produced some excellent videos showing the highlights of their fire activities in 2020. We like to post them each year, and we used to be able to do it with one article, but so far this year we have found 28 — too many for one article. So this year we will do it intermittently over a two-week period.
Here is Volume 4.
White Earth Reservation
Midewin Hotshots
Iron Mountain Handcrew
Folsom Lake Veterans Crew
Del Rosa Hotshots
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After working full time in wildland fire for 33 years, he continues to learn, and strives to be a Student of Fire.
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5 thoughts on “Fire crews and organizations produce videos summarizing their activities in 2020; Volume 4”
As far as I’m concerned, I’m not questioning tactics. The issues that I’ve seen, in person or on these videos, address safety and fundamental principles of firefighting. It has nothing to do with a specific crew, these concerns are widespread, in all functions.
For anyone to say “lighten up” or “it’s all in good fun” obviously doesn’t take the job seriously enough when things get dicey, and they can in a hurry. That’s why it’s important to keep your sleeves rolled down and your gloves on when the wind suddenly shifts and you get hit with fire, or you slip and fall on hot ash. Or when you all work 2 feet from each other and a tool slips out of someone’s hand or rocks come sliding down the hill and take 2 of you out because you weren’t spread out. There is no reason to work that close together.
Go have your fun and film it if you want to have a laugh with your buddies, I just don’t think the general public, who doesn’t know what the real job is, would get a kick out of it. The engine crew was showing actual production while filming. That’s what I would be proud of.
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Are you concerned enough to contact the Sups of these crews directly of these “issues” or just making internet comments? If the latter then its just faux concern. If the former…tell us how that’s going.
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Oh no, more crew videos? Let’s get super mad and talk about how much better we are at firefighting than the people on these crews.
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The crews that are missing from these posts have said enough by that very fact.
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I would wager 90% of hotshot crews make crew videos, but most of us have the good sense not to share them. Some of us do this job for reasons beyond being insta-famous or tinder profiles.
As far as I’m concerned, I’m not questioning tactics. The issues that I’ve seen, in person or on these videos, address safety and fundamental principles of firefighting. It has nothing to do with a specific crew, these concerns are widespread, in all functions.
For anyone to say “lighten up” or “it’s all in good fun” obviously doesn’t take the job seriously enough when things get dicey, and they can in a hurry. That’s why it’s important to keep your sleeves rolled down and your gloves on when the wind suddenly shifts and you get hit with fire, or you slip and fall on hot ash. Or when you all work 2 feet from each other and a tool slips out of someone’s hand or rocks come sliding down the hill and take 2 of you out because you weren’t spread out. There is no reason to work that close together.
Go have your fun and film it if you want to have a laugh with your buddies, I just don’t think the general public, who doesn’t know what the real job is, would get a kick out of it. The engine crew was showing actual production while filming. That’s what I would be proud of.
Are you concerned enough to contact the Sups of these crews directly of these “issues” or just making internet comments? If the latter then its just faux concern. If the former…tell us how that’s going.
Oh no, more crew videos? Let’s get super mad and talk about how much better we are at firefighting than the people on these crews.
The crews that are missing from these posts have said enough by that very fact.
I would wager 90% of hotshot crews make crew videos, but most of us have the good sense not to share them. Some of us do this job for reasons beyond being insta-famous or tinder profiles.