I guess I just don’t understand the need for all of you to “declare” fire season over. Peak burning conditions will continue to be connected to weather patterns. In 2012 in April we ripped off 4000 acres of timber at 4500 feet in Mill Creek Canyon.
I watched a fire rip under a north wind off the Geysers on 11/28. I watched a fire start in Pulga and jump the West Branch of the Feather River and destroy over 18,000 structures and kill 85 people on 11/8. I watched a series of piles rip down into Bean Creek and the Middle Fork of the Feather River on Thanksgiving. I took a strike team through a snow storm over Fredonyer Summit only to have my windshield pitted by sand blowing in 65 mph winds on 395 in Doyle as it smoked 15 structures and another fire to the south did even more damage. I got home right before Halloween in 2017 after watching multiple fires do immense damage in Sonoma and Napa Counties, destroy thousands of homes and take nearly 3 dozen lives… fire season was then over until I left for the Thomas Fire and did not make it home until 3 days before Christmas. I watched several hundred acres rip across rice fields in December, several thousand acres of marsh and Tule’s burn in January after a hard freeze . In 2015 I saw RFW issued in February and March and fought fires that escaped IA with some getting to 25 acres in the grass and brush.
Not sure why everyone is so worried about when it ends… peak and non peak. Your PPE is on the rig if you are on the rig.
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