(LEFT) Firefighters and support personnel read the latest Incident Action Plan while listening to an IMET briefing on the weather forecast at fire camp for the Rum Creek Fire in Oregon on August 28, 2022. Safety is the number one priority at a wildfire. Knowing the latest and expected weather is critical to the safety of all aviation resources and personnel on a fire. (RIGHT) The typical fire camp is its own town, but you won’t find a hotel or restaurant nearby. Firefighters and support teams sleep in tents for days — even weeks — on end, and rely on trucks with food and showers to keep them going. More than 2,000 personnel supported the McKinney Fire, which started on July 29, 2022 and is 99% contained as of this writing. Pictured here: Sunset at fire camp, McKinney Fire, August 27, 2022. (Robert Hyatt, NOAA’s National Weather Service)
(LEFT) Firefighters and support personnel read the latest Incident Action Plan while listening to an IMET briefing on the weather forecast at fire camp for the Rum Creek Fire in Oregon on August 28, 2022. Safety is the number one priority at a wildfire. Knowing the latest and expected weather is critical to the safety of all aviation resources and personnel on a fire. (RIGHT) The typical fire camp is its own town, but you won’t find a hotel or restaurant nearby. Firefighters and support teams sleep in tents for days — even weeks — on end, and rely on trucks with food and showers to keep them going. More than 2,000 personnel supported the McKinney Fire, which started on July 29, 2022 and is 99% contained as of this writing. Pictured here: Sunset at fire camp, McKinney Fire, August 27, 2022. (Robert Hyatt, NOAA’s National Weather Service)