Larry emailed me a bunch of pictures from where he is stationed for the Mill fire near Stonyford in NorCal. Thought you might want to see what goes on there. He works for a private company that provides basically a mobile helicopter air "tower" for the helicopters working a fire. It is a cushy air-conditioned office on wheels with big windows so they can easily visually monitor the comings and goings of the helos. Larry's job while on site is to keep generators full of fuel, and trouble shoot radio issues (if any crop up)...mainly........there is a boat load of other things he does but I won't bore you with them. Every night after they shut down, he goes in and cleans and re-supplies if needed. He usually never sets foot inside during the day unless a radio needs re-programming etc. Having been in the fire service and being a professional radio tech and just all around brilliant guy :) there isn't much that goes wrong that he can't figure out and fix. Satellite, radios, computers, chairs etc. all there for the crew...a very nice way for them to go...a top notch operation.
The trailer is towed with the truck/camper set up and that is where Larry lives while on site. When he has gasoline (tee hee) for the generator he can run the a/c and be comfortable inside when the temps are in the 100's and it is crappy with smoke outside. (this morning add ash to that)
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| This was the map from yesterday morning of the fire. They tape all this stuff to the outside of the trailer so everyone there has easy access. |
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I find this extremely interesting, Val...having lived through one almost evacuation when we lived north of Lake Shasta, plus many, many summers in places where there were fires and evacuations all around us. Right now, Beth is only about 2 miles from the fire near Foresthill on the American River. I appreciated your FB posts about that fire, but couldn't access any of the links you posted...darn! I hear from her that they are safe so far.
Thanks!
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