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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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