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How two engine crews installed a 16,000-foot hose lay

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On the Dixie Fire

Two engine crews dozer install 16,000 feet hose Dixie Fire
Two engine crews and a dozer install 16,000 feet of hose on the Dixie Fire. CAL FIRE photo.

The hardest part of installing long hose lays in rugged terrain is hauling the hose, and it is usually uphill. When the plans called for 16,000 feet of hose to be installed on the Dixie Fire it just took two engine crews and some ingenuity to get it done. They enlisted the help of dozer E2085 from Paula and sons Earthwork.

The CAL FIRE crews were Lassen Modoc engines E2271 and E2251.

Two engine crews dozer install 16,000 feet hose Dixie Fire
Two engine crews and a dozer install 16,000 feet of hose on the Dixie Fire. CAL FIRE photo.
Two engine crews dozer install 16,000 feet hose Dixie Fire
Two engine crews and a dozer install 16,000 feet of hose on the Dixie Fire. CAL FIRE photo.
Two engine crews dozer install 16,000 feet hose Dixie Fire
Two engine crews and a dozer install 16,000 feet of hose on the Dixie Fire. CAL FIRE photo.

One day in the not too distant future it will become routine to haul hose with drones.

To see all articles on Wildfire Today about the Dixie Fire, including the most recent, click here.

10,000-foot hose lay on the Thomas Fire in SoCal

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@EliasonMike of the Santa Barbara Fire Department uploaded these photos to Twitter December 13:

#ThomasFire-Five engines and 2 Dozers from the Santa Barbara County Fire Dept are in the process of clearing a fire break and laying 10 THOUSAND feet of hose across a canyon from atop Camino Cielo down to Gibraltar to make a stand should the fire move that direction.

Thomas Fire hose lay

Thomas Fire hose lay