#FireFighting

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Something you can do to help!

Got a quick, easy action item for anyone with a couple minutes to spare.

The Wildland Firefighter Paycheck Protection Act is back in the Senate. If it does not pass, federal wildland firefighters will be facing a 50% paycut here in a couple months (yeah, I said FIFTY). I don't know about you, but I don't know anyone who would keep working their job if their pay got cut by fifty-percent. And right now, that cut is poised to come right at the start of the worst of fire season. I'm sure I don't need to explain why this is NOT GREAT.

Please use this handy dandy form to contact your representatives and ask them to pass this act. Call them too, if that's a thing you've got the bandwidth for!

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[wachinyeya]

https://ktla.com/news/california/goats-unleashed-by-san-manuel-tribe-as-part-of-fire-prevention-strategy/?fbclid=PAZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAaaJJAE-Kl55wk4vm1cYc0zjGRUEv8w6ps0HX0z-rxwwa7YXnTDCsgIU2vs_aem_0djT-2NoD-E87Ic6UeeqGw

Firefighting goats have been deployed by the San Manuel Band of Mission Indians to protect tribal land and neighboring property from potentially devastating brush fires.

The goats are unleashed by the San Manuel Fire Department to eat up dry brush and grass that would normally be ideal fuel for fires — a recent fire was actually partially stopped once it reached an area cleared by the caprine crew earlier this year.

The herd, officials said, is about 400-strong and is made up of generations of goat families.

On Tuesday, the goats were treated to a feast of fruit before being sent on their brush-eating mission.

The goats will spend the next several months trimming and thinning out vegetation on the San Manuel Band of Mission Indians Reservation and nearby properties in San Bernardino.

Tribal officials said the brush that covers the hillsides in and around San Manuel property is thriving and diverse, boosted by the recent history-making rainy season. The plant life is an ideal food source because goats prefer food that’s at their eye level.

The Tribe has used goats as a natural, environmentally friendly fire preventative tool since 2019; the plants get trimmed in a sustainable fashion, which allows them to survive and recover naturally overtime unlike most chemical sprays.

Tribal officials called the practice an extension of the Tribe’s “culture of lands stewardship.”

“Caring for the land is a sacred duty of the Tribe,” said Lynn Valbuena, chairwoman of the San Manuel Band of Mission Indians. “Stewardship is a responsibility given to our people by the Creator. No matter who owns the land.”

San Bernardino County residents shouldn’t be surprised to see the goats in the mountains fulfilling this divine task from now through the end of fire season.

[ilikeit-art]

Putting out fire using Bernoulli's principle.

[newyorkthegoldenage]

Firefighter on the job, 1945.

For @lostbowyer 🙂

Photo: Fred Stein via fredstein.com

[girderednerve]

In 2023, the World Health Organization classified the act of firefighting as a Group 1 carcinogen, just like asbestos and tobacco. While firefighters are socially lauded for their vital work, the invisible danger of cancer still looms large. It’s not just fires that release toxic chemicals — it’s also firefighters’ uniforms, which are filled with “forever chemicals” known as PFAS.

[nocternalrandomness]

Tanker 15 making a pass on the 2020 Bighorn Fire

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[stagefoureddiediaz]

Real life wee woo!!!

(This is a training excercise for a major fire not a real emergency!)

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Boundary Fire (2017)

“Firefighter monitors fire behavior and patrols hand line during night operations on Kendrick Mountain. Williams district. 6/17/17. Photo by Brandon R. Oberhardt. Credit the U.S. Forest Service, Southwestern Region, Kaibab National Forest.” - via Wikimedia Commons

[mossdog]

𝕊𝕚𝕜𝕠𝕣𝕤𝕜𝕪 𝕊-𝟞𝟜 𝕊𝕜𝕪𝕔𝕣𝕒𝕟𝕖

[timmurleyart]

Hot shot hero. 🔥🚒🔥

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First responders on duty the 4th of July:

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Super Scooper picks up water to fight Palisades fire

The news girl who says "let's just watch this for a moment"

[wile-e-quixote]

A Heathen Firefighter's Prayer

I stand now for my people

I stand now for our land

If this battle prove my end

I die with tool in hand

Surtr slew my loved ones

Surtr razed our lands

We rally now to meet him

Today we make a stand

Your embers do not scare us

Nor wind that stokes your flame

Our iron flattens mountains

Our sky-ships make it rain

We'll wrap you like a serpent

Your blazing we will quench

Your march ends here now at us

You'll not gain another inch

May the Gods now bear us witness

And should any of us fall

May our deeds now buy us favor

And welcome in the Hall

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