Big Ernie: The Reason Your Season is the Way it is.

Do you believe?

If you work in the wildland fire industry you’ve probably heard of Big Ernie. You’ll hear things like “Big Ernie is mad today” or “we have to do something for Big Ernie”. When I first was hired on a Hotshot Crew I got invited to a preseason crew dinner that was just for returning crewmembers. However, I was lucky or fortunate enough that I was invited, …