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First Recorded Fire Shelter Deployment
October 29, 1804
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Created by Jason Cook Jun 19, 2008 at 10:44pm. Last updated by Kurt Kamm Aug 23.
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here's a message one family sent to me (Kurt)**
The WFF is incredible when my brother Jason McKay passed away in Oct 2006, they called me here in TX. I was frantically making arrangements and they said to stop they will take care of it. I was thinking thanks this is great. Then they goes on to say they want to get plane tickets for everyone in my family. I almost laughed out loud and explain i have 5 children!! I could feel the warmth and love from over the phone as he explained it will be taken care of and i need not worry!!!
The Foundation was a God send to my family i will be forever indebted to them for the rest of my life.
God bless
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RENO, Nev. The order for a firefighting air tanker was canceled minutes after the plane crashed while taking off from an airport north of Reno, killing three, officials said Tuesday. Marnie Bonesteel, spokeswoman with the Sierra Front Wildfire Cooperators, said the P2V aircraft had been dispatched to fight the Smitty fire in California's Calaveras County on the west slope of the Sierra Nevada. But the tanker was no longer needed, and was recalled just before it went down at 6:11 p.m., shortly after taking off from Reno-Stead airport.
All three crew members were killed. Names of the victims were withheld until relatives are notified.
"By the time those folks took off, they were canceled," Bonesteel said Tuesday.
The Smitty fire in West Point, Calif., was fully contained at 50 acres, according to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection's Web site.
Another air tanker also sent to the Smitty fire was canceled while en route and returned to the airport in Minden, 50 miles south of Reno, Bonesteel said.
Bonesteel said the plane was under contract with the U.S. Forest Service.
The plane, owned by Neptune Aviation of Missoula, Mont., had made one flight over the Burnside fire south of Lake Tahoe on Monday morning and then returned to the Stead airport, where it remained through the day until the fatal crash.
"They were fully fueled and did have a full load of retardant as well," Bonesteel said.
Witnesses reported seeing what appeared to be a piece of engine or wing fall from the aircraft before it caught fire and crashed about a half-mile from the runway, authorities said.
Neptune Aviation Chief Executive Officer Mark Timmons said investigators were on their way Tuesday morning to the crash site.
"We don't have anybody on the ground yet," he said. "We don't have any questions answered at this point."
The P2V, originally developed by the Navy more than 50 years ago as a close-range bomber, has proven to be extremely reliable as an air tanker, Timmons said.
"I'm quite confident they are a safe platform," he said.
Each airplane has undergone an inspection that takes at least a month to conduct, following fears in 1994 about using older planes, Timmons said. He said ongoing inspections, which include annual X-rays to look for cracks, is more intensive than those done on passenger planes.
Monday's crash marked at least the third time a P2V owned by Neptune suffered a fatal crash while fighting wildfires on government contract over the past 15 years. Two men were killed when one crashed near Missoula in 1994 and two other men died in a crash near Reserve, N.M., in 1998.
Timmons said those previous crashes were found to be caused by pilot error.
"It is a dangerous business," he said. "We try to do as much as we can to decrease that amount of danger, but it is a dangerous business. There are risks in it."
The crash near Reno sparked a two-acre brush fire that was quickly extinguished. Washoe County sheriff's deputies cordoned off the site overnight and were awaiting the arrival of investigators with the National Transportation Safety Board.
The Burnside fire in California's scenic Hope Valley forced the evacuation of campgrounds, two mountain retreats and about 20 homes on Sunday. Evacuation orders were lifted Monday afternoon, and the fire, estimated at 200 acres, was 50 percent contained on Tuesday.
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This report comes, in its entirety, from the CalFire website
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July 25th, 2008
Groin fire Incident - Men sentenced
Posted: 25 Jul 2008 01:54 AM CDT
SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif., July 21 (CFN) — Two Men sentenced in groin fire case
Summary - Groin fire - Basic Information
Incident Type: Crotch fire
Location: Elliot Tuleja’s crotch located somewhere in the San Luis Obispo area
Cause: Crotch fire as a joke Jan. 18
Injuries: Tuleja was treated for serious burns to his groin area
Charges: The two California men were charged for crotch arson and ordered to spend time behind bars for setting a friend’s groin area on fire as a joke, officials said.
Convicted: Matthew Craig Pillers, 22, and Jack Brent Nicholas Keiffer, 19, did not contest felony charges of causing a fire that led to great bodily injury, court officials said.
Planned actions: Pillers was ordered Thursday to spend two years in state prison after turning down a sentence of 270 days in County jail with a probation period.
Pillers said he would rather go to prison than be on parole and probation simultaneously.
Keiffer was ordered to spend 45 days in a county jail, 100 hours of community service and substance abuse education, prosecutors said.
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The Wildland Firefighter Foundation HELPS -
here's a message one family sent to me (Kurt)**
The WFF is incredible when my brother Jason McKay passed away in Oct 2006, they called me here in TX. I was frantically making arrangements and they said to stop they will take care of it. I was thinking thanks this is great. Then they goes on to say they want to get plane tickets for everyone in my family. I almost laughed out loud and explain i have 5 children!! I could feel the warmth and love from over the phone as he explained it will be taken care of and i need not worry!!!
The Foundation was a God send to my family i will be forever indebted to them for the rest of my life.
God bless
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RENO, Nev. The order for a firefighting air tanker was canceled minutes after the plane crashed while taking off from an airport north of Reno, killing three, officials said Tuesday. Marnie Bonesteel, spokeswoman with the Sierra Front Wildfire Cooperators, said the P2V aircraft had been dispatched to fight the Smitty fire in California's Calaveras County on the west slope of the Sierra Nevada. But the tanker was no longer needed, and was recalled just before it went down at 6:11 p.m., shortly after taking off from Reno-Stead airport.All three crew members were killed. Names of the victims were withheld until relatives are notified.
"By the time those folks took off, they were canceled," Bonesteel said Tuesday.
The Smitty fire in West Point, Calif., was fully contained at 50 acres, according to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection's Web site.
Another air tanker also sent to the Smitty fire was canceled while en route and returned to the airport in Minden, 50 miles south of Reno, Bonesteel said.
Bonesteel said the plane was under contract with the U.S. Forest Service.
The plane, owned by Neptune Aviation of Missoula, Mont., had made one flight over the Burnside fire south of Lake Tahoe on Monday morning and then returned to the Stead airport, where it remained through the day until the fatal crash.
"They were fully fueled and did have a full load of retardant as well," Bonesteel said.
Witnesses reported seeing what appeared to be a piece of engine or wing fall from the aircraft before it caught fire and crashed about a half-mile from the runway, authorities said.
Neptune Aviation Chief Executive Officer Mark Timmons said investigators were on their way Tuesday morning to the crash site.
"We don't have anybody on the ground yet," he said. "We don't have any questions answered at this point."
The P2V, originally developed by the Navy more than 50 years ago as a close-range bomber, has proven to be extremely reliable as an air tanker, Timmons said.
"I'm quite confident they are a safe platform," he said.
Each airplane has undergone an inspection that takes at least a month to conduct, following fears in 1994 about using older planes, Timmons said. He said ongoing inspections, which include annual X-rays to look for cracks, is more intensive than those done on passenger planes.
Monday's crash marked at least the third time a P2V owned by Neptune suffered a fatal crash while fighting wildfires on government contract over the past 15 years. Two men were killed when one crashed near Missoula in 1994 and two other men died in a crash near Reserve, N.M., in 1998.
Timmons said those previous crashes were found to be caused by pilot error.
"It is a dangerous business," he said. "We try to do as much as we can to decrease that amount of danger, but it is a dangerous business. There are risks in it."
The crash near Reno sparked a two-acre brush fire that was quickly extinguished. Washoe County sheriff's deputies cordoned off the site overnight and were awaiting the arrival of investigators with the National Transportation Safety Board.
The Burnside fire in California's scenic Hope Valley forced the evacuation of campgrounds, two mountain retreats and about 20 homes on Sunday. Evacuation orders were lifted Monday afternoon, and the fire, estimated at 200 acres, was 50 percent contained on Tuesday.
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This report comes, in its entirety, from the CalFire website
CROTCH FIRE!! CalFire Reports the Facts
July 25th, 2008
Groin fire Incident - Men sentenced
Posted: 25 Jul 2008 01:54 AM CDT
SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif., July 21 (CFN) — Two Men sentenced in groin fire case
Summary - Groin fire - Basic Information
Incident Type: Crotch fire
Location: Elliot Tuleja’s crotch located somewhere in the San Luis Obispo area
Cause: Crotch fire as a joke Jan. 18
Injuries: Tuleja was treated for serious burns to his groin area
Charges: The two California men were charged for crotch arson and ordered to spend time behind bars for setting a friend’s groin area on fire as a joke, officials said.
Convicted: Matthew Craig Pillers, 22, and Jack Brent Nicholas Keiffer, 19, did not contest felony charges of causing a fire that led to great bodily injury, court officials said.
Planned actions: Pillers was ordered Thursday to spend two years in state prison after turning down a sentence of 270 days in County jail with a probation period.
Pillers said he would rather go to prison than be on parole and probation simultaneously.
Keiffer was ordered to spend 45 days in a county jail, 100 hours of community service and substance abuse education, prosecutors said.
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HISTORY OF THE FIRE PLUG
Here is the story of the fire plug. Back before even horses pulled the steamers, and a set of irons meant taking your vitamins, the term fire plug was born. In the cities, the earliest water mains were made of hollowed out logs. I have seen the remnants of these under the streets of my own city (Winston Salem, which was founded by the Moravians).
The call went out for a fire, and the fire fighters rushed to the scene with their great new hand pumper. There only PPE was a helmet and a bucket. The buckets were required by law to be in each and every home and business and maintained by the owners. When fire fighters arrived they had to know the location of the water mains. They had to frantically dig a hole down to the main. They then took an auger and bored a hole in the water main and allowed the hole to fill with water. Then the hard suction pump went in, priming was done, and water would flow.
By then all that was left of the original burning building was the chimney, front steps, and foundation. But a lot of work would be done to keep the fire from spreading to other structures.
When it was all done they had to stop the water. So a wooden plug was fashioned and driven into the bored hole with a wood mallet. Today our mallets are hard rubber, the pumpers driven to the scene, but we still fight the red devil with the wet stuff.
Stay safe
Here is the story of the fire plug. Back before even horses pulled the steamers, and a set of irons meant taking your vitamins, the term fire plug was born. In the cities, the earliest water mains were made of hollowed out logs. I have seen the remnants of these under the streets of my own city (Winston Salem, which was founded by the Moravians).
The call went out for a fire, and the fire fighters rushed to the scene with their great new hand pumper. There only PPE was a helmet and a bucket. The buckets were required by law to be in each and every home and business and maintained by the owners. When fire fighters arrived they had to know the location of the water mains. They had to frantically dig a hole down to the main. They then took an auger and bored a hole in the water main and allowed the hole to fill with water. Then the hard suction pump went in, priming was done, and water would flow.
By then all that was left of the original burning building was the chimney, front steps, and foundation. But a lot of work would be done to keep the fire from spreading to other structures.
When it was all done they had to stop the water. So a wooden plug was fashioned and driven into the bored hole with a wood mallet. Today our mallets are hard rubber, the pumpers driven to the scene, but we still fight the red devil with the wet stuff.
Stay safe
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