Long Ridge Fire

Tuesday the 20th they had a big fire start out west. Crews were out there the day before (when I was on my hike) on another fire just a mile away. 

 This fire was on the border of the Great Salt Lake out by Promontory Point.

 It consumed a good chunk of land. There was a lot of wind so it didnt get a good clean burn. You can see the helicopter and helitac crew in the background.

 We had to bring out a bunch of fuel

 We were also responsible for marking the way in. There are a lot of different roads and turns so we used A LOT of flagging and glow sticks... and yet people still got lost lol

 As you can see in the back there was an awful wind/dust storm blowing in at the same time

It was really cool with the storm coming in because you could see the pockets of brine shrimp in the water. They turn the water kind of a purple pink color

 Dusty

 Alex Cabrero was out there doing an interview (hes in the green)

 They brought in port a pottys and dinner since it was going to be a long incident

 Dan

We also got our shipment of ice, water and gatorade

 The crews had been working on it all day. We got out there about 3pm. Our job was to hurry and eat and then go be night crew. We needed to keep an eye on an area that was starting to work up again and watch the fire line through the night. We had the BEST dinner ever that night. Fried chicken, cheesy potatoes, rolls, amazing baked beans, and the best chocolate chip cookies Ive ever had

 While we were trying to hurry and put a little food in our bellies the fire blew up. It had just been a tiny little fire.. surrounded by line and air attack had been dropping on it. About 10 min of the wind change and it turned into this.

 and just for a little idea how fast wildland fires can change.. this (same pic at the top) was what the area looked like when we pulled in

Thats one thing I love about wildland fires..they can change so fast!

Everyones dinner and rest time got interrupted and we were back to work trying to contain it

We had it kind of contained and the winds died down. The crews went to bed and we stayed on night watch. We put out as much as we could but had to leave. I had to be to work at 6am. We got home just around 430. Just enough time to shower and head in!