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| My first glimpse of the Goat Peak Fire. |
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| Day one. They led us in to this canyon, then promptly moved us. |
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| Me, fueling N911FS (also known as 535). |
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| My fuel truck, HT-10. |
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| The reason we were promptly moved from this canyon. |
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| Goat Peak Fire. |
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| My pretty girl resting in the fuel truck. |
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| Our view of the fire from Nevada's Mill Creek Campgrounds. |
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| Removing the water tank. |
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| I'm still smiling, but it was hot, hot, hot. |
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| Squiggly smoke. |
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| My first experience with MRE's. |
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| Bread with PB & J. |
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| Nevada sunrise. |
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| Crew shuttles. |
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| Thank you to BAM (Battle Mountain Airport) and Harless for their hospitality. |
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| Our last day - rain! |
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| There's my helicopter. |
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| My helitack crew. |
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| Goat Peak Fire. |
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| One of the water trucks, filling the pumpkin. |
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| My Honey and N911FS (535) coming in for water. |
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| N911FS (535). |
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| Crew shuttles. |
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| Crew shuttles. |
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| Crew shuttles. |
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| Crew shuttles. |
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| Crew shuttles. |
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| Scotty and Jael loading the hotshot crew and their gear. |
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| I'm not sure where this hotshot crew was from, they're a handsome lot aren't they? |
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| Crew shuttles. |
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| Scotty and Jael (yellow hard hats) and the remainder of the hotshot crew being shuttled to the mountaintop. |
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| Drawing water from the pumpkin. |
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| The heat and the weight of the water made the helicopter a little sluggish at times. |
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| The other helicopter pilot taking a look at why his bambi bucket wasn't taking in as much water as it should have. |
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| I liked the other crews fuel truck but never did get to take a closer look to see how it was set up. |
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| Rotating water pick ups from the pumpkin. |
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| Rotating water pick ups. |
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| Drawing water in to the bambi bucket. |
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| The only water source, the pumpkin. |
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