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+--- Thread: RX burns in the South East US (LA, AL, FL) 2/7 - 2/27/15 (/showthread.php?tid=556)
RX burns in the South East US (LA, AL, FL) 2/7 - 2/27/15 - Aaronw - 03-03-2015
Lighting from the swamp buggy
RX burns in the South East US (LA, AL, FL) 2/7 - 2/27/15 - Aaronw - 03-03-2015
UTV watching the edge of the burn for spots
RX burns in the South East US (LA, AL, FL) 2/7 - 2/27/15 - Aaronw - 03-03-2015
Florida Forest Service UH-1 standing by for aerial ignition and for bucket work if there are spot fires.
RX burns in the South East US (LA, AL, FL) 2/7 - 2/27/15 - Aaronw - 03-03-2015
and there were spot fires
RX burns in the South East US (LA, AL, FL) 2/7 - 2/27/15 - Aaronw - 03-03-2015
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RX burns in the South East US (LA, AL, FL) 2/7 - 2/27/15 - Aaronw - 03-03-2015
Swamp buggy
RX burns in the South East US (LA, AL, FL) 2/7 - 2/27/15 - Aaronw - 03-03-2015
This buggy was equipped with an 80 gallon tank and small electric pump
RX burns in the South East US (LA, AL, FL) 2/7 - 2/27/15 - Aaronw - 03-03-2015
A bit more tropical than Eglin, the Cabbage Palms were numerous and are prolific flying ember generators
RX burns in the South East US (LA, AL, FL) 2/7 - 2/27/15 - Aaronw - 03-03-2015
UH-1 with bucket
RX burns in the South East US (LA, AL, FL) 2/7 - 2/27/15 - Aaronw - 03-03-2015
Swamp buggy and UTV
RX burns in the South East US (LA, AL, FL) 2/7 - 2/27/15 - Aaronw - 03-03-2015
UH-1 and helicopter support truck
RX burns in the South East US (LA, AL, FL) 2/7 - 2/27/15 - Aaronw - 03-03-2015
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RX burns in the South East US (LA, AL, FL) 2/7 - 2/27/15 - Aaronw - 03-03-2015
Finished the trip with a 350 acre burn at the Florida Panther National Wildlife Refuge
A row of Swamp Buggys, the light green buggys were equipped with 250 gallon tanks and 85gpm aux pumps, the dark green is used for transportation and can easily seat 6-8 firefighters.
RX burns in the South East US (LA, AL, FL) 2/7 - 2/27/15 - Aaronw - 03-03-2015
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RX burns in the South East US (LA, AL, FL) 2/7 - 2/27/15 - Aaronw - 03-03-2015
Cooling the tops of the cabbage palms allows the stalks to burn off and drop to the ground before the burning fronds can sail off to find receptive fuels outside of the burn.
RX burns in the South East US (LA, AL, FL) 2/7 - 2/27/15 - Aaronw - 03-03-2015
Swamp buggys are the way to go in these fuels, they keep you nicely out of reach of the local rattlesnakes, Cottonmouths and gators, several being seen during the day.
RX burns in the South East US (LA, AL, FL) 2/7 - 2/27/15 - Aaronw - 03-03-2015
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RX burns in the South East US (LA, AL, FL) 2/7 - 2/27/15 - Aaronw - 03-03-2015
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RX burns in the South East US (LA, AL, FL) 2/7 - 2/27/15 - Aaronw - 03-03-2015
Swatters (as I knew them in the South West), or Flappers as the locals called them were popular for patting out small fires creeping through the grass.
RX burns in the South East US (LA, AL, FL) 2/7 - 2/27/15 - Aaronw - 03-03-2015
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