cool, pics

[EPDP99]

I found some of the pics I took while on fires and I thought I would share em...
Here is a 747 converted into a tanker plane. It has 4 16" discharges and holds 30,000 gallons of water. Basically a show and wont ever be used on a fire but it was cool

[EPDP99]

Me lighting fires to stop a fires progression. Talk about fun!!!

[Big400EX]

Thats pretty awesome I cant imagine how they would get the water on a concentrated area of a fire. Thats why they use helicopters. Nice find.

[EPDP99]

heres part of the results of me

[EPDP99]

and more of it

[EPDP99]

this is a K-Max. can lift very heavy loads.2 main rotors and no tail rotor. wicked looking. blades spin opposite directions

[EPDP99]

Sky crane filling out of a lake. This was fun watching this

[EPDP99]

A nice colorful smoke column put up by a fire near dusk... Entire sky is filled with smoke not just where you see the column

[EPDP99]

And last but not least one of my favorite pictures... gotta love slurry drops that get you pink when its over. Man this stuff itches but worth the picture. I love my job. Free helicopter rides and get to light stuff on fire and break stuff.....

[CannondaleRider]

sounds like a good job

[Moto92]

HUH....I never knew kool-aid put out fires.

[EPDP99]

that stuff is sooooo slippery its unreal

[YFZ450Ridr]

sweet pics man. thats gota be a fun job. i bet u were a pyro as a kid eh?:devil: :blah:

[EPDP99]

of course not, lol. but now its legal...weeeeee

[JTRtrx250r]

Originally posted by EPDP99
of course not, lol. but now its legal...weeeeee :D a legal arsonist? haha

Very cool job, but w/ that kind of job comes LOTS of risk, my hats off to ya!:cool:

[insaneracin2003]

Originally posted by EPDP99
that stuff is sooooo slippery its unreal
can you get me some of that stuff so i can put it on my pivot bolt so the darned thing wont get stuck again :cuss:

[EPDP99]

only problem is it dries., therefore no bueno

[Sportrax10]

Amazing pictures... :D

[hotquad]

tho's are some cool pic's

[SGA]

Nice pics! Hats off to you man, you have a tough dangerous job. Thanks to forest fire fighters like you, many homes and lifes are saved.

[2002400ex]

nice pics:D

[TheFontMaster]

Awsome pics. that must be a cool job.

[EPDP99]

heres some more.....

[EPDP99]

sky crane again

[EPDP99]

heres the fire comin. big flames. but I missed the really big ones

[EPDP99]

heres a tree we saved from the fire which had 4 baby hawks. probably 8-10 inches tall

[EPDP99]

and one of me again....

[FourFiftyFour]

Originally posted by EPDP99
heres a tree we saved from the fire which had 4 baby hawks. probably 8-10 inches tall

awww thats so cool!! :)

[EPDP99]

man I love my digital camera. one of the best investments ive made. got like 5 memory cards for it now. but these pics are from breaks or periods that are non risky. If that makes sense. But the best picture possibilities is when your right up on the action working your bllz off and cant get a camera out. like driving through huge walls, lol

[FourFiftyFour]

Originally posted by EPDP99
man I love my digital camera. one of the best investments ive made. got like 5 memory cards for it now. but these pics are from breaks or periods that are non risky. If that makes sense. But the best picture possibilities is when your right up on the action working your bllz off and cant get a camera out. like driving through huge walls, lol

why arent u on AIM punk?

[EPDP99]

lol, im getting on now

[atvrider12764]

why is that red stuff so slippery?

[sharkinthepool]

Very under appreciated job, and way cool too.
I was a firefighter for 5yrs with the local FD. Taught soome high angle rescue classes and extrication classes. Love a good code-4. Wish I would have persued smoke jumping just a little more though! My buddy and I and a girl from Granville Ohio all took some testing and spent a few weeks in oregon over it. She got the job and we got a pat on the back.:D

Have fun and be careful, that is one of the scariest, coolest and most dangerous jobs all rolled into one.

[EPDP99]

ya i do both, structural and wildland. was going to be a smoke jumper also but where im at has got the best of both worlds. We are trying to make our handcrew a hotshot status. got the skillz but not the education, so were are going through classes all the time for it. we do all the extrication stuff. have a hazmat team(Hazardous materials), tech rescue team(high angle, trench, confined space, water rescue all of them)

[EPDP99]

Originally posted by atvrider12764
why is that red stuff so slippery?


Its just the combination of materials used. it can be changed coverage(thinkness) amounts. so that way it can penetrate different forms of canopy. like forest has to be thicker and grasslands is alot thinner.

[EPDP99]

these pics are getting me excited for this years fire season. need to make more money.....

[Warnerade]

i heard a rumor that a diver was actualy sucked up by one of those sky cranes before....and he was stuck on the end, then dropped into a fire. i know its false, but have you ever heard of that?

[JTRtrx250r]

Originally posted by NacsRacer027
i heard a rumor that a diver was actualy sucked up by one of those sky cranes before....and he was stuck on the end, then dropped into a fire. i know its false, but have you ever heard of that? lmao..Ive heard of that and almost asked him the same question haha:D

[EPDP99]

yeah I have. those things fill so fast it would rip em apart tho. like 4000 gallons in 12 seconds or something. imagine the suction. I heard it was from a bucket like the yellow helicopter though. Although they have used buckets to rescue people from fires. people pile in the bucket and go for a ride.

[Warnerade]

ya i watched a show called "mythbusters" they built a replica of it...it pumps ou 35,000 gallons per minute...they used it in a pool, with a plastic dumby in the pool....it would not suck him up. they had to put a peice of wood on his back for it to start sucking him up, then as soon as it was lifted outside of the water......it dropped right back in becuase it had no water to syphon the suction....and couldnt keep its grip

[EPDP99]

grand canyon messing around. this is a couple buddies.

[EPDP99]

storms were rollin through

[EPDP99]

thats one big hole!!!

[EPDP99]

more lightining

[EPDP99]

thought id post some more from a different fire we went on

i love those grand canyon shots ***1000***

[Punk'd]

Originally posted by 250EXridr
sweet pics man. thats gota be a fun job. i bet u were a pyro as a kid eh?:devil: :blah:

Ahh so are we man:D

[EPDP99]

more lightining

[zephead400ex]

Nice pics man! My dad used to fight forest fires in Colorado. He's told me many stories about the fires, very interesting.

I didn't take this pic, but it was taken 4 miles north of my hometown, Udall, KS. I have another pic, same scenario, which is better than this but I can't find the damn thing! I'll keep looking, but for now, enjoy!:)

This pic was on the cover of the Smithsonian magazine.

[zephead400ex]

Welcome to Kansas!:)

[EPDP99]

holy chit!!! that house is dooooooomed. nice pics

[exriderdude]

Originally posted by zephead400ex
Welcome to Kansas!:)


WOW, that is truely amazing.. and very symbolic

[FourFiftyFour]

those tornado pics are amazing

so are the lightning pics

[Scott-300ex]

Originally posted by EPDP99
And last but not least one of my favorite pictures... gotta love slurry drops that get you pink when its over. Man this stuff itches but worth the picture. I love my job. Free helicopter rides and get to light stuff on fire and break stuff.....


That Chick needs a pad:eek:

[EPDP99]

haha there always different perspectives out there.

[cool 300ex]

LOoks like some fun nice pics!

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[EPDP99]

those are some sweet pics. mine came out bad cause they are stills taken out of the video on my digital camera and its very bad reolution.