Wildland Apparatus Engineer, SP. Engineers Make it Happen!

FireBridge Casual conversation over missing training regarding suppression operations.

Link to the FireBridge substack article In general, the slope of a hill or incline is often determined to be the ratio between the vertical distance, to that of the horizontal distance. Any number of terms can be used by the individual to reference this but the most commonly used term is Rise over Run. …
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Visit our Substack link to view the article. If you are Agency, and would like to view the video of this then contact me as I have it as unlisted on youtube. Cowlitz Complex Carlton Fire Water issues  

  I put together a small video explaining the past 5 years of my study and research into the Retardants and their cooling capacity and effectiveness. The results may surprise some of you. FireBridge.substack.com – LC95-and-Heat  

This document is a companion document to “Understanding the Capacities of the Mark 3 Pump”, this is a 15 page document that will explain in detail all of the factors, with examples, diagrams, pump curves and formulas that will enable and provide you, the pump operator,  with the knowledge to determine the number of pumps, …
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There is a 13 page PDF file that was written to cover the relationships of the portable pumps & water use class to the actual hydraulic formulas the use in the class. Many many students over the years have stated to myself as well as others that the math in the class seems to be …
Continue reading Understanding the Capacities of the Mark III Pump and how this relates to the S-211 Course

This post will be for those that are looking for Parts and Manuals for their respective Pump Motor.  Honda Engines Honda Main Parts lookup page: Honda Parts lookup by SN/Model   Main Horizontal Shaft Engine Page.  Briggs & Stratton, Vanguard Engines etc. Briggs Parts Page:  Main Parts Page showing ALL listings Kubota Engines etc. Kubota …
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New podcast on the Substack page. FireBridge – Breaking down the Numbers!  

I have began a Substack page. FireBridge.Substack.com A few items up there right now, however, if you want to have a platform to comment and ask questions this site is better suited for that and I will be using this over all other media platforms. I have decided to no longer have anything to do …
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[Update 1-11-23] I now have the entire engineer course content created and uploaded. I am simply working on the test questions now. This again will be for a basic engineer course and nothing advanced. I will have separate question banks and courses for the Operator, Technician and Master levels later on and this is going …
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Well many of you already know about the Lawsuit FSEEEvsUSFS-2022  filed against the USFS for the dropping of LC95 into drainages, waterways, etc etc and who knows what else, filed by the FSEEE. The article on wildfiretoday.com here: https://wildfiretoday.com/2022/10/12/environmental-group-files-lawsuit-against-us-forest-service-over-use-of-fire-retardant/ And then a follow up article with photo’s and a video here: https://wildfiretoday.com/2022/10/14/photos-of-retardant-dropped-in-sespe-creek-during-howard-fire/ So everyone has their comments …
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The Patches for the Base Level of Wildland Apparatus Engineer have been Ordered and now moving into production. The design rendering is shown below. This is the original. Since this time I have hired a Graphic Artist, and a re design was completed. They are shown below the original concept image below:     4 …
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