Yeah, some of the really large camps are practically mini cities. Large camps in remote areas will even get a commissary selling everything from candy and sodas to new boots.
I'll have to see if I have any shots of the T-shirt venders. Not really a part of the camp, but a large fire may draw 3 or 4 T-shirt venders selling fire related paraphernalia leading to a weird almost carnival like atmosphere just outside camp.
Contract equipment ranges from regular stuff available from the local area (water tenders and heavy equipment being the most common), low bid equipment from the contractors who are trying to just eek over the minimum requirements to some really nice equipment, and some really clever designs trying to meet multiple contract specs.
Here is one from that last group. Operated by Champion out of Montana it meets the specs for both a Type 3 engine and a Type 3 Water Tender.
1000 gallon tank, 250 gpm pump, with a rear dump valve and fold-a-tank mounted on the side. Kind of an interesting half cylinder flat topped tank.
I'll have to see if I have any shots of the T-shirt venders. Not really a part of the camp, but a large fire may draw 3 or 4 T-shirt venders selling fire related paraphernalia leading to a weird almost carnival like atmosphere just outside camp.
Contract equipment ranges from regular stuff available from the local area (water tenders and heavy equipment being the most common), low bid equipment from the contractors who are trying to just eek over the minimum requirements to some really nice equipment, and some really clever designs trying to meet multiple contract specs.
Here is one from that last group. Operated by Champion out of Montana it meets the specs for both a Type 3 engine and a Type 3 Water Tender.
1000 gallon tank, 250 gpm pump, with a rear dump valve and fold-a-tank mounted on the side. Kind of an interesting half cylinder flat topped tank.
Aaron Woods
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