Pictures

I've mapped 38 fires so far this year. After a slow spring, things have picked up nicely. I haven't mapped that many acres, but I've done a lot of individual fires. Most the fires have been in California and AZ-NM. There are still plenty of fires burning in California, but we've been able to keep on top of them. The nice thing is that the fires are going out at different times, so we are able to map them within reasonable work hours.

I came a cross a page on the Boston Globe showing some fantastic photos of the fire action/activity in California. Check out all 17 photos here.

This is a photo showing a converted DC-10 that drops retardant on large fires. Most retardant planes are much smaller than this because these planes have to fly very slowly and very low. It must be quite the spectacle to see a passenger plane like this swoop low over your head and drop this payload.