Fire fighting planes..anyone fly one?
I was 34 when I got into the job. I was in the military, ran with the Special Ops types, came back from Iraq and didn’t quite fit back into society. I had always wanted to be a firefighter so I started taking Fire Science courses and got my EMT license. Did some ride alongs with a couple of big city departments and realized how public the job is and decided to go into Wildland Firefighting. At 41 I am just behind the fastest young guys on the runs and hikes but I can still work all day and night for a 15-21 day assignment. It just comes down to being smart and not getting injured and keeping on top of your physical fitness. Eat right and don’t drink
Helispot at 11,000 ft. Flying in supplies and people. Had to do a Medevac on this fire.
Type 1 Helitanker (Sky Crane) making a drop. These things are absolutely massive.
This is a Delta 160th SOAR (Special Operation Air Regiment?) Apache. We did a lot of interoperability training with these guys at Fort Campbell, KY.
I was 34 when I got into the job. I was in the military, ran with the Special Ops types, came back from Iraq and didn’t quite fit back into society. I had always wanted to be a firefighter so I started taking Fire Science courses and got my EMT license. Did some ride alongs with a couple of big city departments and realized how public the job is and decided to go into Wildland Firefighting. At 41 I am just behind the fastest young guys on the runs and hikes but I can still work all day and night for a 15-21 day assignment. It just comes down to being smart and not getting injured and keeping on top of your physical fitness. Eat right and don’t drink
Helispot at 11,000 ft. Flying in supplies and people. Had to do a Medevac on this fire.
Type 1 Helitanker (Sky Crane) making a drop. These things are absolutely massive.
This is a Delta 160th SOAR (Special Operation Air Regiment?) Apache. We did a lot of interoperability training with these guys at Fort Campbell, KY.
