All it took was for Zeus to go on one drunken drive across the nation with a bag full of lightning, Big Ernie sitting shotgun, and we have fires everywhere.
It’s not too soon to ask a serious question about overall strategy, I hope. I apologize in advance.
A week ago NIFC declared they had 28 fires being managed in alternative suppression strategies. Presumably, this meant resources were and are tied up and tied down doing something other than putting those fires out. That means the “wildfire inventory,” to quote a senior R6 fire honcho, was high and resource intensive before this inevitable bust.
Your story today is the reason many of us want aggressive initial attack from the outset. The Chief mentioned earlier this year he wanted the fire organization to hit them hard, put them out, then refurb for the next fire.
Are we just repeating the “wildfire management” strategy of the past four years? Monitor, let burn, confine, point protection, then express surprise and dismay when the proverbial sh*t hits the fan?
What’s different this year? It’s an important question because according to the fire organization on social media and in general conversations they may not be committed to the Chief’s view of what’s supposed to be happening. One wag said they’d just change terms, again, write some new euphemisms for the status quo, then fight fire however they want and carry on with what they know best.
It’s not Dirty August and the inventory has leapt ahead of available resources. Is that where we are?
Good report and photo's (as always) - Any indications or intel from your sources on how resource availability, coordination, and IMT staffing is holding up with all they've been through now that things are ramping up ?? Best wishes to all those who are currently engaged.
Great wrap up. Thanks.
It’s not too soon to ask a serious question about overall strategy, I hope. I apologize in advance.
A week ago NIFC declared they had 28 fires being managed in alternative suppression strategies. Presumably, this meant resources were and are tied up and tied down doing something other than putting those fires out. That means the “wildfire inventory,” to quote a senior R6 fire honcho, was high and resource intensive before this inevitable bust.
Your story today is the reason many of us want aggressive initial attack from the outset. The Chief mentioned earlier this year he wanted the fire organization to hit them hard, put them out, then refurb for the next fire.
Are we just repeating the “wildfire management” strategy of the past four years? Monitor, let burn, confine, point protection, then express surprise and dismay when the proverbial sh*t hits the fan?
What’s different this year? It’s an important question because according to the fire organization on social media and in general conversations they may not be committed to the Chief’s view of what’s supposed to be happening. One wag said they’d just change terms, again, write some new euphemisms for the status quo, then fight fire however they want and carry on with what they know best.
It’s not Dirty August and the inventory has leapt ahead of available resources. Is that where we are?
Serious answers only, please.
Good report and photo's (as always) - Any indications or intel from your sources on how resource availability, coordination, and IMT staffing is holding up with all they've been through now that things are ramping up ?? Best wishes to all those who are currently engaged.
Still hanging in there, but today will present a challenge to the system.
Multiple CIMTs ordered in the last hour