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Strange Time For A Wildland Fire

I just got off of a 30 acer wildland fire in Cold Springs Ca. Lost one structure, but no injuries I was the first on scene to a sight that i thought i wouldn't see until late may or June. I arrived on scene to a crowning fire with high r.o.s., Extreme fire behavior and 40 mph winds. The strange thing about this fire is the following: Elevation 5600', low temps; 50-60 degrees, humidity of 45-60, in places there is still 1-2' of snow. At night the hose lays froze due to temps of 15-20 degrees. To have a wildland fire this early in the season and have a crowning fire is not the norm in this area. Posts of the fire are at http://www.wildlandfire.com/hotlist/showthread.php?t=3766 and http://www.wildlandfire.com/hotlist/showthread.php?p=17517#post17517. Hoping this fire isn't a show of whats to come this fire season. Be safe out there. Watch your 10's and 18's, and LCES.

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Permalink Reply by Zack Spalding on April 21, 2008 at 9:28am

Out where I am from in Ulster County we have been fighting a now 3,000 acres forest fire in the Minnewaska State Park Preserve for about 5 days. I have only been doing this for a short time, but in talking with some more seasoned firefighters most can only recall something like this happening about 30 to 50 years ago. So not a normal Spring for us in anyway.

Permalink Reply by Alex Sharp on October 7, 2010 at 2:43am

I started to read this thinking that it sounded very similar to the one that I went on so I went to you profile and started laughing. I was there with Columbia College Fire Dept. Our alternator went out on 792 and we had to have Chris and Jack come fix it. What I remember that really shocked me was that the size up for that time of the year said that their was crowning. We didn't belive it at first until we went.

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