Ya know, I was in fire research back east. I burned with TNC and Cape Cod National Seashore. My major prof and the feds made me certify for basic and chainsaws. Red card through my FIA time in Michigan. When they sent us to inventory the black Hills and Devils Tower, the Cement Ridge fire started. IC was going to kick us out but the boss let us stay for mop up and then toasted black plots! I spent many years for industry with a tanker endorsement and a fleet of engines that mostly did 4th of July Parades. But I got ‘em on a few small jobs and some spooky stuff in 2011 in the coastal Olympics. Nothing as exciting as real wildland fire. My GF and I had two hoses going on a tanker trying to keep a 3 or 4 acre thing from crossing a road one night. That was prolly the high point! I remember lots of your stories.