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Wildland Interface Fire, Castle Pines CO 1-21-13
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Around 1 pm a multiple 911 callers reported a brush fire off of Oak Briar Way in Castle Pines. Crews found several acres burning with homes on all sides of the open space. I was responding from home about 20 miles away and took this shot on the way in...



   
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Upon arrival I ended up assiting our Field Com Unit and couldn't get to taking photos until it was under control.



South Metro Brush Engine 43 working the east flank

   
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Brush Engine 39 and Red 3 working in the scrub oak

   
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Red 3 (used for ARFF at Centennial Airport & wildland) mopping up the east flank

   
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Brush Engine 43 & Brush Engine 39 working with one of the threatened homes in the background... Also note the snow still on the ground.

   
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Brush 40 mopping up the west flank

   
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First Due Brush 36 working

   
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Tender 45 & Tender 46 providing water supply

   
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MetCom IDT2 (field com unit) and Battalion Chief 34's Suburban at the command post

   
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Incident Dispatcher Rystrom working at the ICP

   
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Last one... Truely an odd sight... The fire burned completely around a patch of snow without melting it off.

   
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Just goes to show you can have a brush/grass fire anytime.....obviously these are quick burning fires and not all that hot so as not to melt the snow....it just skims over the top of the grass but is a strange phenomenon....I can remember having our first brush/grass/duff fire in February last year, mostly due to the lack of snow making for a dry spring. Great shots!!!!
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Good photos!



tHANKs
tHANKs
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Great Shots. Interesting thing about that snow. Haven't seen that before.



Thanks for sharing
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Great Pics
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Great pics. In my patch winter/spring is our wildfire season due to having a dry winter wet summer. Are there manty unimogs in operational FD's

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Quote:Great pics. In my patch winter/spring is our wildfire season due to having a dry winter wet summer. Are there manty unimogs in operational FD's
 

Our wildland season has become basically year-round.  Actually, South Metro has the only Unimog that I know of in Colorado. 
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Our wildland season has become basically year-round.  Actually, South Metro has the only Unimog that I know of in Colorado. 


Doesn't PFA have an older one or am I crazy?
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Quote:Doesn't PFA have an older one or am I crazy?
 

PFA sold their Unimog to Glacier View Fire and I don't think it's in service anymore but I'm not 100% positive.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/ral11us/254...0660644613
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