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Originally Posted by taxbuster
To be fair, I think the BCWS was totally overwhelmed with the fires up north when the ones down south got established, and with not enough equipment and personnel, were only able to respond to those immediately threatening structures and locations. Then they got out of hand.
The RapAttack guys (mostly) are amazing at stopping small spot fires...they chopper in, rappel down and do what they need to. It's harrowing and dangerous work.
Then you have the idiots who are told to leave who don't and stay with their garden hoses to "protect" their houses and then need to be evac'd by even more folks risking their lives to save the idiots. Really, really stupid. Has happened a number of times now.
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we heard this exact situation on the scanner play out numerous times thursday night.
check the video in the link i posted in my previous post... a garden hose vs a 100'+ tall wall of fire
