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Offline RadSav

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Re: Wildfire kills 19 firefighters
« Reply #15 on: July 01, 2013, 02:17:10 AM »
Can't wait for hunting season to start so we can get some good news on here for a change.

What a horrible situation.  Our thoughts and prayers go out to the families.
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Re: Wildfire kills 19 firefighters
« Reply #16 on: July 01, 2013, 03:20:08 AM »
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Re: Wildfire kills 19 firefighters
« Reply #17 on: July 01, 2013, 03:42:47 AM »
heart felt prayers for the families
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Re: Wildfire kills 19 firefighters
« Reply #18 on: July 01, 2013, 05:29:42 AM »
Horrible and sad.

I think this is the most firefighter fatalities in a wildfire since the start of modern wildfire fighting and science in the US. 
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Re: Wildfire kills 19 firefighters
« Reply #19 on: July 01, 2013, 05:39:02 AM »
Whooeeee that is a lot!  :( :(
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Re: Wildfire kills 19 firefighters
« Reply #20 on: July 01, 2013, 05:50:46 AM »
Very sad heard this morning god bless em
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Re: Wildfire kills 19 firefighters
« Reply #21 on: July 01, 2013, 06:25:27 AM »
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Re: Wildfire kills 19 firefighters
« Reply #22 on: July 01, 2013, 06:52:32 AM »
Tragic.  :(
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Re: Wildfire kills 19 firefighters
« Reply #23 on: July 01, 2013, 06:57:33 AM »
If I understand things correctly, this was the only local Hotshots in the country.  All other Hotshots are attached to a federal agency like the NPS, BIA, USFS etc.  This was also a rather small fire, and management was local and had not reverted to the Inter-agrecy Fire Management team?

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Re: Wildfire kills 19 firefighters
« Reply #24 on: July 01, 2013, 08:10:30 AM »
Very tragic and thoughts and prayers to the family.
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Re: Wildfire kills 19 firefighters
« Reply #25 on: July 01, 2013, 08:22:38 AM »
Quote from: PlateauNDN on July 01, 2013, 08:10:30 AM
Very tragic and thoughts and prayers to the family.

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Re: Wildfire kills 19 firefighters
« Reply #26 on: July 01, 2013, 08:37:53 AM »
Quote from: Knocker of rocks on July 01, 2013, 06:57:33 AM
If I understand things correctly, this was the only local Hotshots in the country.  All other Hotshots are attached to a federal agency like the NPS, BIA, USFS etc.  This was also a rather small fire, and management was local and had not reverted to the Inter-agrecy Fire Management team?



It was a Hot Shot Team, trained just like any other Hot Shot Team.  The fire was over 8000 acres, at least 50 structures, and over 500 lives threatened by the fire.  I'd say that it was not a small fire.  Not sure what difference your questions make?  They were trained, something went wrong, they deployed their shake-n-bake's and it didn't work.  19 fire fighter are dead, nough said. 

Praying for the families of these guys.
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Re: Wildfire kills 19 firefighters
« Reply #27 on: July 01, 2013, 08:40:36 AM »
Very tragic and my prayers to the families. 


It is probably a little early from a timing perspective but this should have never happened.  Someone made a bad decision which caused this.  I am sure the media will get to the bottom of it.
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Re: Wildfire kills 19 firefighters
« Reply #28 on: July 01, 2013, 09:27:14 AM »
Thinking of my hotshot brothers....keeping chin up.  Makes one really think.
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Re: Wildfire kills 19 firefighters
« Reply #29 on: July 01, 2013, 09:30:32 AM »
Edited because the media has rescinded some earlier reports
« Last Edit: July 01, 2013, 01:57:50 PM by Knocker of rocks »
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