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Just watching the news about the awfull wid fires. Best of luck to you guys in that area.
Cressida81 said:anyone know what freqs the large fire near big bear is on?
thanks
Cressida81 said:anyone know what freqs the large fire near big bear is on?
thanks
sac-emt said:Saturday, on my way home northbound on Interstate 5 at around 1700 hour, from Firearms Training in the southern part of Sacramento County, I saw two fire service transport vehicles going south with the Midnight Sun Hotshots (Alaska?) marked on the side.
Just wondering if they were going to the Stanilaus County fire or down farther south. Has anyone has seen these crews?
Exsmokey said:Midnight Sun is a BLM hotshot crew from Fairbanks, Alaska. I'm surprised to hear they had their own crew transports in the lower 48 as they usually fly everywhere they go down hear and then are transported via contract buses. Just think of the logistics of getting their crew transport vehicles down to California. Were the rigs the standard BLM yellow?
Yes sir,
The two were painted yellow and due to that, it really caught my attention.
It had the cab for the driver and passenger with the rear having a seating area for the firefighters. I am not sure if I missed any other units that were part of the Strike Team.
Thanks for the info, as they intrigued me that they came from so far away. My hats off to them!!!
Exsmokey said:When I lived in southern California in 1970 I remember driving on the 405 from LAX to Long Beach one day and having a whole bunch of structural fire engines passing me code three. They were headed south and had the emblems of the Boise, Idaho fire department on the side. I now have enough knowledge to know it was probably a structure protection strike team (if they called them that in 1970) and were probably headed to the Laguna Fire.
BirkenVogt said:Originally Posted by Exsmokey:"...passing me code three..."
I would not have thought that in 1970 there was a fire engine capable of passing anything. At least none of ours were.