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sweetapogee

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3. I'm a firefighter

Reply to SinisterPants (Original post)

Fri May 8, 2020, 09:38 PM

May 2020

I'm a firefighter and a member of my states Forestry crew. I take the Pack out test every year that allows me to respond out of state.

Maybe you do things differently out there but here on the east coast we don't fight wildfires shoulder to shoulder. When I work a line I'm 15-20 feet away from any other individual. We can carry extra PPE and don it if necessary but so far it hasn't been a problem.

Our season started with a bang and much earlier than usual but has turned into a bust. Stay safe out there.

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As a former Forestry Dept. fire-fighter, this scares the shit out of me. [View all] SinisterPants May 2020 OP

Welcome to DU, and thank you for your most enlightening post. niyad May 2020 #1

I live in Washington State and I hadn't even thought about this one. Haggis for Breakfast May 2020 #2

I'm a firefighter sweetapogee May 2020 #3

Maybe I'm behind the times, or maybe it is different in the east... SinisterPants May 2020 #4

Never worked on a fire crew but I spent quite a while in the Oregon woods panader0 May 2020 #5

You used a hoedad alternately called a hoedag PufPuf23 May 2020 #22

Interesting back story about Ed Pulaski - He was a hero before he designed the Pulaski Brother Buzz May 2020 #27

Cool. I did not know that history. Thanks. nt PufPuf23 May 2020 #28

K&R Thanks for posting, and welcome to DU. alwaysinasnit May 2020 #6

I'm truly grateful for your service. Devilsun May 2020 #7

TY all for the welcomes... SinisterPants May 2020 #8

I live in hurricane alley... Ferrets are Cool May 2020 #9

Just thinking about shelters for those forced to evacuate gives me a headache. Grammy23 May 2020 #21

Based on the last few months, I truly doubt it. Ferrets are Cool May 2020 #26

I have been worried about this. LisaM May 2020 #10

I use to be a Fire Camp Slug mchill May 2020 #11

We love you folks DENVERPOPS May 2020 #12

I think I speak for most smoke eaters, we did it mainly for love... SinisterPants May 2020 #14

Out here on the California Coast, we know firefighters are our lifeline Hekate May 2020 #13

Kick and rec!..n/t bluecollar2 May 2020 #15

"we" really need to start isolating groups of key people. uncle ray May 2020 #16

that's a good point... SinisterPants May 2020 #18

As a Montanan...wild land firefighters are heroes to me. MontanaMama May 2020 #17

Your dad might have driven me... SinisterPants May 2020 #19

He very well might have! MontanaMama May 2020 #20

No way to know, but I choose to believe... SinisterPants May 2020 #23

You are correct SinsterPants in that firefighters live/work in crowded, stressful, and not PufPuf23 May 2020 #24

Recommended. Baked Potato May 2020 #25