#FireFighting

[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.

[dougielombax]

Who the fuck thinks it’s a good idea to privatise emergency services?!

Apart from stupid Tories and terminally divorced tech bros.

“No, really. It’ll work this time!” - Capitalism.

I feel SICK!

“The Free Market Fire Department!

We’ll stop your house from burning down, but only if you pay a small fee of $500 and sign this contract.”

“But I don’t have $500.”

“Then you’re just gonna have to fucking die!”

Ghastly shit.

Perish the thought!

[timandbash]

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[stagefoureddiediaz]

Real life wee woo!!!

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

[stupidityismyjobsecurity]

Childhood dream realized.

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Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances

[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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First responders on duty the 4th of July:

[newyorkthegoldenage]

Around 8:30 a.m. on May 13, 1949, a drum of carbon disulfide fell off a trailer truck when it was about one-third of the way through the Holland Tunnel. The highly flammable chemical leaked out onto the hot surface of the truck. The flames spewing out from the truck caused a chain reaction.  Four nearby trucks caught fire almost instantly, and as the fire grew, five more trucks burst into flames.

Minutes after the fire began, Port Authority Police officers began helping drivers out of the tunnel. They called in the New York Fire Department, which entered from the Manhattan side, and the Jersey City Fire Department, from the Jersey side. The firefighters had to work their way through heavy fumes and more than a hundred vehicles. It was estimated that the temperature from the flames was about 4,000 degrees Fahrenheit. By 10:15, all the vehicles not on fire had been removed from the Jersey entrance, which simplified the firefighting efforts. By 1:00 pm, the blaze was largely extinguished, but at 4:20 it re-flashed. Burning liquid flowed through the tunnel's gutters, causing explosions.

The fire destroyed 600 feet of ceiling and inner walls, as well as 10 large trucks. It took a crew 16 hours to remove their remains, as well as that of 13 other trucks that were partially damaged. More than 650 tons of debris were removed from the tunnel by a crew working around the clock. Total damage was estimated at $1 million, or $7.5 million in today's dollars. There were no fatalities, but 67 people were injured.

The fire also disrupted phone, telegraph, radio, and TV connections between New York and points south and west of the Hudson.

The fire should never have happened. Trucks were required to display decals indicating that they were carrying hazardous goods, but the truck that caused the fire had no such decals. If it had, police wouldn't have allowed it into the tunnel but redirected it to one of the bridges. Nevertheless, the driver received only a $50 fine and five days in jail. But the event did lead to the creation of new rules and harsher penalties for those who violated them.

The tunnel was back in operation in two days.

For more on the fire, see here.

Photos: top, Leon Hoffman via Corbis/Port Authority of NY & NJ; second & third, Port Authority of NY & NJ; bottom, Hoboken Historical Museum via FDNY

[buckevantommy]

you guys i have discovered the firefighting subreddit 😂

[dougielombax]

Can firefighters arrest arsonists?

I’m genuinely curious.

[therealbl0om-blog]

I have never wanted to complain so much about one characters design.

WHAT THE FUCK DID THEY DO TO MY BOY- So for the first time in ever I wanted to try and draw Heatwave since, well I want to learn more about his body structures. Should be easy, right? Well I was WRONG. first of all, his nose, HIS NOSE IS FUCKING SQUARE, HIS HEAD, CHEST, ARMS, LEGS, LADDER, BACK THINGIE WATER TANK WHATEVER, FINGERS, ARMS, IDK WHAT ELSE, HIS LIGHTS? Ever since I wanted to try and draw Heatwave I kept giving up. I literally asked myself 'Did this motherfucker of a truck come from the Minecraft universe or what? Who made this bitch square?' Did he meet up with Steve or Alex or someone to make his ass square as hell to the fact I just gotta draw just a few circles and most of his body SQUARE and you'll just KNOW It's him by just looking at him. I made a deformed Heatwave for y'all so <3 He looks so cute and handsome does he? (I am going to murder myself.)

[katy-l-wood]

I was originally going to get this notebook printed through Denik, but they decided to be stupid and remove their large lined notebook options, so I just bound the notebook myself because I couldn’t find another option that looked the way I wanted.

Tried some new techniques with this one, including printed boards which I LOVE, and a new glue that I HATE, lol. Overall it came out pretty good but there are a handful of mistakes. Totally useable, though! And the printer I used for the boards sent me enough extras to make 4 notebooks, so I might make some more when I’m willing to sit down and deal with my at home printer to make more pages. Doing it 8.5x11 size means I have to manually feed the 11x17 sheets into the printer one. at. a. time. And I have to do each one twice to print both sides. Takes fucking forever.

The art on the cover is by an artist named Aleksei Kuz’mich Denisov-Uralsky in the early 1900s. It is one of the most famous paintings of a wildfire.

The back cover is an illustration done by me, featuring a bunch of vintage equipment referenced from the Smithsonian.

The endpapers are lists of important training information for wildland firefighters.

[touchdownbane]

Vessel lined up in a marina, on the left is a local fireboat

[stupidityismyjobsecurity]

End of shift handoff report

Me: “Some fucking dumbass left our garbage can at [far as fuck away hospital] but other than that It’s got six tires and gas so you should be fine.”

Oncoming crew: “… was it… y-“

Me: “Yes. It was me. I’m the fucking dumbass.”