Things are picking up a little on this fire. Can't do much but hold back and wait for it to do it's thing at the moment. Jody Prummer holding the saw.     Pringle Fire.

It's picking up and starting to build a cumulus cloud over the top of the fire. When we got here the fire was less than a quarter acre and by the time we left the next morning it had gotten to 800 acres.     Pringle Fire.

Holding the line with a hose. Jody Prummer on the night shift.     Pringle Fire.

And morning finally comes. Doug Middlebrook stirring through the ashes.     Pringle Fire.

Fires are not always flames and action. Here we are mopping up and looking for smokes. Any smokes.     Onion Fire.

Here I am after along boring stretch of mopup. This fire was in Eastern Oregon. We were there for four days looking for smokes.     Rockcrusher Fire

Just taking a little break.     Rockcrusher Fire.

Fighting fire with dirt. Debbie Anderson tossing the Dirt.     Thorton Creek Fire

On big fires they usually use dozers to cut a line around the fire.     Thorton Creek Fire.

This dozer operator got a little carried away and dug a huge trench. Glad I wasn't on rehab on this one.     Thorton Creek Fire.

This fire had it all. Dozers, air tankers and helicopters. Not a bad fire to be on.     Thorton Creek Fire.

Here's the result of the airtanker drop from the previous slide. We got a little red on this one.     Thorton Creek Fire

Here's a helicopter dropping a little water on a hot spot.       Thorton Creek Fire.

Here we are in California. This section of houses got lucky and didn't get cooked.     Thousand Oaks Fire

Here we are looking for smokes (again). Couldn't find any. But that is Ok because this was nasty brush and if it got going again it could have been dangerous.     Thousand Oaks Fire.

Heading out in the morning from the drop point. These guys in orange are inmate fire crews. They do a great job.     Thousand Oaks Fire.

The lineup of fire engines back at fire camp. Camp was in a city park in Thousand Oaks.     Thousand Oaks Fire.

Here's a new start that we watched grow from a small collumn. I turned out to be the Malibu fire that burned a lot of homes.       Thousand Oaks Fire.

This is our fire getting interesting. They did a burnout operation on the right side of the picture and it spread rapidly in the 40 mph Santa Anna winds. Stupid! We're on our way there!     Thousand Oaks Fire.

On our way to the runaway fire. The fire here is just crossing Highway 101 and heading for the beach.     Thousand Oaks Fire.

Here's a helicopter dropping on the fire. This is a California style that has a suction hose that sucks out of the Ocean and drops from bay doors.       Thousand Oaks Fire.

Here we are heading home. We had to load our own gear on the plane. We took the long way home dropping off crews in Boise and Moses Lake.     Thousand Oaks Fire.

Back on the District we had a 100 acre fire that crossed the highway and kept us busy all night.     Four Corners2 Fire.

Hosing it down on the edges of the fire so it won't flare up and cross the line.       Four Corners2 Fire.

An air tanker coming in for a drop.     Four Corners2 Fire.

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