24-hour shift | California firefighters on how they handle extreme heat

24-hour shift | California firefighters on how they handle extreme heat

Firefighters were in a Butte County neighborhood Friday mopping up hot spots just a few hundred feet away from a street filled with homes.

[WR_CTorch]

I live in the foothills of No. Cal. These brave men and women save our homes and lives on a daily basis. God bless them all.

[astudentpilotlife]

I got the honnor to refuel many of the Cal Fire aircraft here at Meadow Field with Bakersfield Jet Center. I appreciate everyone involve and the support group.

[LucianCorrvinus]

Dude, thank you so much for being a Californian...and please pass this along...your fellow Callie's know what you do for us, and most of us are very grateful.

[artemis]

NOW these guys are the real HEROES !!! It takes a different man to deal with that craziness/heat but keep their cool at the same time🥶…Thanks guys we need more GOOD people like you gentleman

[JennyWren]

Our TRUE California Heroes! ❤️ and respect ✊🏽

[larry]

Respect to all of our firefighters, I pray God watches over you 🙏🏾

[romanianriver]

People don’t realize how dangerous this I remember when I was living in Arizona 19 firefighters lost their lives

[Malouco]

When I was drinking beer I also used a 2/1 ratio!
For every two beers one cold water bottle!
CHEERS 🍻 FIREFIGHTERS 🚒

[evelynherrera-gonzalez]

God bless these men and women 🙏 thank you for your service.

[Medicbobs]

That's a tough job...don't forget the line paramedics 😩

[cnh]

My nephew was on a 3 day shift up in San Gabriel Canyon when his crew was rushed over to this fire where they worked all night long.

[djlutz]

Clean up the Forrest floors would be a good start

[MichaelWilson-kphw]

Good People.
I was a BT/FR in the Navy.
I get it.

[TruckTaxiMoveIt]

They need to dig underground vaults [100'x100'x100'] in areas that are considered hot spots and fill them with rain water so that when the fires do occur they can use the water in the volts by way of the sprinkler system and hydrants

[anitakristensen]

Just a note . City and rural fire fighters have to put thier turn out gear on in less then a minute. Boots, pants jacket, gloves and helmet.

[randyrhyne]

California could save a lot of money by putting people to work as Forrestmiesters. Cleaning up deadfall and cutting brush would save a lot of woodlands. Set up processing plants and pay by the pound or load. Same thing could be done in the cities and parks.

[thsign]

Try 120 degree heat with humidity and mugginess. How would they handle that

[thumpologist]

Dear California and d e a r State of Arizona please trim your Forest trim your trees Harvest your Lumber instead of allowing it all to be burned into the atmosphere. How many Decades of forest fires does there have to be? There's a great market for Timber and it's renewable. All forests in the state of California need better management and a sensible logging protocol. Just think of all the homeless people that would have homes to live in if all that wood, for the last 20 years hadn't burned up.

[kaptrucking]

They handle it by thinking about all that OT

[lizhijun]

Are you serious？ You take such a tiny pipe to beat the wildfire.​ Once the wind changes, it's dangerous for all firefighters..