2. 2007

Yentna River Fire

Our largest fire we worked in Alaska this year was some fifty acres in the woods near Lake Creek on the Yentna River.
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All is chaos for a few minutes as we prepare the gear and crew for a few separate flights out to the fireline.
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All is chaos for a few minutes as we prepare the gear and crew for a few separate flights out to the fireline.

AlaskaFirefightingRichard Harrop2007

  • Richard Harrop waits for orders at headquarters before we ship out.
  • All is chaos for a few minutes as we prepare the gear and crew for a few separate flights out to the fireline.
  • Adam Webber watches as we lift off and become airborne.
  • The Susitna River passes underneath as Adam Webber sits glued to the window.
  • Richard Harrop scopes out the fire conditions as we make a few passes overhead before landing.
  • After a few hours of quick and hot fire attack, the crew takes thirty minutes for an MRE before jumping right back into the heat.
  • A firefighter's perspective on the edge of a fireline with most of the heat knocked down.
  • Jesse Freschione puts the wet stuff on the red stuff.
  • During our initial attack we ran out of hose when one of our helicopter equipment drops got delivered to a different fire. Jeremy Mothershead makes the best of things, putting out a burning log with just his pulaski.
  • Our fire camp was fairly well furnished, with a communal rain shelter and a campfire. Sarah Quimby and Jeremy Mothershead dry off and get warm.
  • Andy Zola enjoys his MRE in camp.
  • Andy Zola, Michael Mulcahy, and Sarah Quimby.
  • Joel Bos.
  • Richard Harrop on patrol in the black, looking for hotspots.
  • Jeremy Mothershead takes down a tree without waiting for a saw team.
  • Jeremy stands triumphant.
  • Another MRE for Andy Zola on the fireline.
  • Jeremy Mothershead plays with fire. We don't become firefighters because we DON'T like the stuff, after all.
  • Self portrait after a few days on the fire.
  • Aaron Seaton takes a break for lunch and a cigarette.
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