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<blockquote data-quote="Darryle" data-source="post: 3053059" data-attributes="member: 109917"><p>Only a smoke jumper or a rural VFD fireman can explain the helplessness of the situation, all the equipment and training in the world is useless when a fire sucks every ounce of oxygen out of the air, you are simply a spectator in the way at that point. </p><p></p><p>Plenty of evidence of trained firefighters dying simply because of a shift in the wind. </p><p></p><p>I had a close friend who was part of a large municipal fire department but was also in charge of the rural VFD. He took coworkers to the big fire northwest of Fort Worth back in February of 1996. He said everyone of them told him he was nuts afterwards and they were all scared because of how on the edge of chaos a wildfire really is.</p><p></p><p>It's not enough to donate to these rural VFDs, a slap on the back isn't enough, they literally put their lives on the line everytime they head out to a brush or grass fire. They definitely have my respect and admiration!</p><p></p><p>Praying for everyone involved and if there is anything I can do to help , I am literally 4 - 5hrs away.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Darryle, post: 3053059, member: 109917"] Only a smoke jumper or a rural VFD fireman can explain the helplessness of the situation, all the equipment and training in the world is useless when a fire sucks every ounce of oxygen out of the air, you are simply a spectator in the way at that point. Plenty of evidence of trained firefighters dying simply because of a shift in the wind. I had a close friend who was part of a large municipal fire department but was also in charge of the rural VFD. He took coworkers to the big fire northwest of Fort Worth back in February of 1996. He said everyone of them told him he was nuts afterwards and they were all scared because of how on the edge of chaos a wildfire really is. It's not enough to donate to these rural VFDs, a slap on the back isn't enough, they literally put their lives on the line everytime they head out to a brush or grass fire. They definitely have my respect and admiration! Praying for everyone involved and if there is anything I can do to help , I am literally 4 - 5hrs away. [/QUOTE]
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