Thanks for the words of encouragement.I believe you are a good firefighter.We are unfortunate in this side of the world.I will always try my best.You are a brother to me. Wes, I believe we are now friends.

Thanks Wes. I may not have a college degree, but I have a PH.D in common sense. I graduated Suma Cum Laude from the School of Hard Knocks. Unfortunately, common sense is the one thing I haven't been able to teach anyone. But, I'll keep trying. Be safe brother.

Falfurrias is in South Texas about 70 miles north of the border and 150 miles south of San Antonio. We have a lot of grass and brush fires when it gets dry here.
Lamar

Thanks Wes. Its interesting. I have spent a lot of time on the US Wildland Firefighters website. They seem a bit more relaxed. Each site had its own personality. I'm still learning about this one

Wes- please ignore my message. Some members have determined it is an "ad". Not intended that way, but just foreget it.
Kurt

Hey Wes- I just joined the website and saw the back page about favorite firefighter books. I live in Malibu, spent 3 years with LACoFD and CalFire preparing a novel about a boy who comes of age as a wildland firefighter at a helitak camp (Camp 8 LA County). The book has been well received and Fire Chief P. Michael Freeman of the LACoFD liked it enough to send it to the County Board of Supervisors.
Perhaps you would enjoy reading it. The title is One Foot In the Black. You can buy it on Amazon or, if you buy it from the online store of the Wildland Firefighter Foundation, they get the profits. http://wffoundation.org/webstore/index.html.
You can see reviews from firefighters on my website
http://www.kurtkamm.com
Let me know what you think of it.
Thanks, stay safe – Kurt Kamm
kurt@OneFootInTheBlack.com

Hey Wes, Thanks for the info. The next training burn we have, I going suggest different scenarios where we could use PPV as the primary means of ventilation. I would like to use PPV when appropriate to minimize any damage to a structure. These days not everyone has insurance. I'm always researching for new "toys" to play with and to make our tasks easier. Like I tell the new boots (probies), work smarter not harder. I hope to increase the horsepower of our PWCs that we use for water/ocean rescue. I really like having a large amount of power in reserve to escape a 20' wave. It does occassionally get that big out in SoCal. I'm on duty and have to run. Take care and be safe. Robert

Wes, what are your guidelines when considering the use of PPV? I am interest in PPV and your thought process on when to use PPV. Take care and be safe. Robert

Thanks for the welcome.

Thanks for the comment Wes. Hope you had a good Memorial Day weekend!

hey wes how is every thing going ? well the wind keeps blowing and no rain we been a little busy with a few grassfires been really luckly this year all the windy very dry i'm suprise were not out all day and all night. stey safe.

hope you are doing good Wes be safe.

Thanks :D be safe always :D

just wont to say hi

You need to post that picture of Tucker!