Hey brother just a tip from a wildland dude - you can fog it as far left as you can on the nozzle - you fight 3x as much fire and use 10x less water . But great fighting brother

The best video I’ve watched so far! Loved it when the guy said “hey wanna trade, can I try that?”

just a suggestion from a 40 year veteran wildland firefighter. When you are using a brush truck it would be a lot easier to let the driver drive the unit and have the nozzle operator walk along putting out the fire with a short line instead of dragging 200 feet of line. Use a couple of firefighters with rakes to mop up the line behind the truck. It would save a lot of time and energy. Invest in some wildland firefighting gear as well, turnouts are hot and heavy and can cause heat related injuries and it's too expensive to get torn up on brush fires too.

Just spraying small brush fires looks fun to me.

I think your department should invest in woodland gear. It probably sucks to fight fires while wearing bunker pants. Nice firefighting! I’m glad that you guys are trained in wildland tactics.

Good, lower stress work and good camaraderie. These brush fires are so much fun to put out! Nice work!

Heck yah nice nozzle on that 1in I needed that yesterday on a brush fire

You know what works quick for this type of stuff? Backpack leaf blower. No kidding. Blow the fire back into the burned zone and you can do it quickly.

I can hear my brigade captain yelling about not having all PPE on. I know it's just a grass fire but my first experience with a grass fire was us thinking we had it beaten, the wind changing direction, us getting burned over and the fire making a 40000 hectare run. It sprung up so quickly if I'd been out of food away from the tanker I'd have had no chance of running back. I'm lucky I had enough time to drop down below the heat sheilds of the truck

Great video I grew up in Farmville Virginia.

i just started a brush fire in my yard....it was terrifying...burned my hands some and hyper ventilated afterwards....fighting a brush fire with no water can be really difficult to near impossible as it spreads exponentially. Luckily there was a 4x4 piece of plywood close by and i was able to smother it along the edges...Respect the fire or get burned. I consider myself lucky right now since there was a barn and farmhouse in its path...within 10 ft. respect to firefighters, and respect to fire.

Nice attempt while wearing bunker gear boys, no wildland dress. Stringing out all of the hard line and adding 100 ft. of one inch unlined synthetic line (the yellow line) can drain the tank of a light engine pretty quick. It's bitch to get all of that hose back up on the engine if you have to get the hell out of there. The light engine operator dressed in a T-Shirt and shorts, too funny 😂 at least he has his helmet and station boots on, thats a plus 👍🏽

yall are such a nice FD

Looks like you could have just pulled 15 feet of booster line walked along with the truck. And i would reserve the soft wildland hose for areas you cant drive the truck into. Also filling the two lines up uses valuable water.

i love the longer vids

Nice one mate 🧑🏻👍🏻🔥👩🏻‍🚒👨🏻‍🚒🚒

All respect to volunteers.. I was one myself for a short time. That said, the kid in shorts. There is simply no excuse for that. He needs to be properly kitted out in brush turnouts, or at the very least be wearing denim jeans before ever getting into that fire like that. Burns are nothing to fuck with.

2-stroke petrol backpack blowers are very effective in this type of fire

You thought structure fires were hot wildland fires are way hotter. Good job guys from one firefighter to another.

Big brush fire really

I’m not going to bash. We all use what we’ve got. I would, however, suggest looking into the tactic of mobile attack. It appears that your brush truck may have that capability. It will be more efficient for fires that are drivable. Also, check out the the concept of anchor points. It will increase your safety and efficiency by not have to go back and forth the pick up the line. Stay safe out there.

my older brotherer is a firefighter and he had to fight a marsh fire not that long ago i could see it from our house

My favorite fire to work is a brush fire

Leaf blowers work wonders js

Me: ok lets m eget the water going alright here we go i am ready to help me puts out some fire. Firefighters: alright hook up the lines Me: put out all the fire Firefighters: welp thanks dude

Great video mate, seeing different forms of attack and a extremely aggressive attack and knock down very nice work, and I don't how you Americans can do it in bunker gear, I'd rather wear jeans honestly

It looks like you have pump and roll capabilities on the type 6 engine. Instead of using the reel line it is heavy and cumbersome as you unroll 150’ to 200’ ft plus as the vehicle and firefighters are moving the hose gets snagged on rocks and stumps. Get a 25 ft hose and hook it up to a port with a variable gallonage wildland nozzle. Have the engine drive either in the black (burned vegetation) or in the green (unburned vegetation). If driving in the black it is easier to see obstacles in front of the engine down side it is hotter, a change of heat/Fire damage to the engine and harder for the driver to see due to smoke and a chance that there may be burning material on and under the engine that can cause fires in the green when leaving the black. Driving in the green the pros and cons are just the opposite. The firefighter on the front jump line (25 ft hose) either straddles the fire or walks in the green squirting the water at the base of the fire pushing the fire and embers into the black/burned area. And straight streaming the fire line ahead of him cooling the fire and as you move the nozzle to your feet and about 6 to 10’ in front of you with a semi fog pattern approx 30 degrees Make sure you get a good anchor point before starting the firefight. Either have another firefighter on a back up line using water only if they see fire over or near the fires edge and back firefighter needs to keep looking back at the fire they just put out to make sure the fire is out. Never fight fire without wearing ALL proper PPE. No shorts and t shirts. Wear wildland gloves, nomex tops and bottoms with leather wildland fire boots. Wildland helmet and goggles and most important thing is wear webgear with the proper size fire shelter and portable radio. CalFire has some amazing training videos. I am a 32 year retired fire captain with many California wildfires under my belt the last wild land fire I went on was about 300,000 acres and that is a medium size fire now a days for California. I also taught at a regional fire academy for over 27 years. There are so many injuries and or deaths on wildland fires because people get complacent. Keep your SA (situational awareness) up and be safe!

Get ahold of your state forestry devision and ask if they can sell or give you propper PPE. Shorts is a huge no no on any fire ground

good job --that fire could have killed a ton of ticks

Good episode of comedy central.. No wait..what?? This was real??? O M G..

You should try using a yard blower, and then just have a guy follow up for any small spots missed.

Turnout gear? Where is the pump and roll brush truck? No clue.

Pump & Roll

When is my dream of having a helmet like you that I want to be achieved huh?

Have you considered using a backpack air blower ?

In a brush fire you have a very low risk of falling objects but a very high of getting burned, and you wear T-shirt, shorts and helmet??? Makes no sense!! You need long sleave protection, lighter helmet and some kind of smoke protection. Be safe guys.

How much water does that pickup carry?

That's why you were a masked.

You guys don’t put a line around the fire

Have your townspeople buy you some leaf blowers.

How many gallons does that brush truck carry

I can't imagine dragging that much hose when you could have just pulled out some on the hose reel and drove alongside the fire line. Working way too hard man but great job anyways.

Boss.

“Whew”

What's up with the shorts and the shirt on a fire.

How often do you get fire calls

What city or town you live in fire zone

I wanna do that

I think you should use the smarter way of fighting grass fires, use the hose on the back and stand on the back and have the driver drive along the fire line and put it out then mop up around it, also it saves a lot of hard used work intead of raking the fire like in this vid

Why don't you upload anymore

can you make more videos?

Where is there ppe

If your reading this i have a really cool lego brush truck check it out.

Lose the music. It makes the video seem like it was made in 1995 by a 16 year old as a tribute to his favorite teen idol. Extremely cringy.......

Are you kidding me, wearing shorts, no goggles or face protection. No Proper PPE what so ever.