Comanche on Duty

[Eagle]

If I got the link copied, at the 0:30 mark you can see that the guy being interviewed is evacuating his house from the Colorado fires in a Jeep Comanche

 

http://bcove.me/f6a5qz8c

[Comanche County]

Yup that's a Manche.

 

I lived in Morrison, CO for a year, and joined the "Inter-Canyon Volunteer Fire Department" when I lived there. I lived near a local tourist attraction called "Tiny Town".

 

We worked with the Evergreen, Indian Hills, Centennial and all the other local fire departments daily. I know all those guys are out there battling that blaze as we speak. If you've ever traveled through the area you'd realize the place is "high and dry" and is essentially a piney woods tinderbox. After going through fire fighting training and living in an area of fallen pine straw, I was perpetually scared of a wild land fire. Its a very dangerous situation for anyone that lives on the "front slope" of CO. Over 400 homes have been lost so far and it really hurts to think about all the folks that have lost their homes in CO. I'd rather run into a localized urban building fire than try to contain a fast traveling wild land fire in that country. I am not overstating the fact that those people are experiencing a true worst case scenario of a wild land fire.

 

Imagine a 1,600 degree blaze traveling at 30-40 mph, devouring everything. Its hell on Earth. Those people who have lost everything make me as a man, cry in condolence. I wish I was there fighting that fire right now.

[Eagle]

Yup that's a Manche.

 

I lived in Morrison, CO for a year, and joined the "Inter-Canyon Volunteer Fire Department" when I lived there. I lived near a local tourist attraction called "Tiny Town".

 

We worked with the Evergreen, Indian Hills, Centennial and all the other local fire departments daily. I know all those guys are out there battling that blaze as we speak. If you've ever traveled through the area you'd realize the place is "high and dry" and is essentially a piney woods tinderbox. After going through fire fighting training and living in an area of fallen pine straw, I was perpetually scared of a wild land fire. Its a very dangerous situation for anyone that lives on the "front slope" of CO. Over 400 homes have been lost so far and it really hurts to think about all the folks that have lost their homes in CO. I'd rather run into a localized urban building fire than try to contain a fast traveling wild land fire in that country. I am not overstating the fact that those people are experiencing a true worst case scenario of a wild land fire.

 

Imagine a 1,600 degree blaze traveling at 30-40 mph, devouring everything. Its hell on Earth. Those people who have lost everything make me as a man, cry in condolence. I wish I was there fighting that fire right now.

I have been through that country, as well as spending time around Taos, NM, where a friend came within about 100 yards of losing her house to a wild fire several years ago. So I pretty much agree with everything you wrote ... right up to the part about "I wish I was there ..." I have fought much smaller forest fires on the east coast, and there is no way I would ever wish I could be in the path of one of those huge western juggernauts. I give all the credit in the world to those who fight them on the ground (I know a couple), but the only way I'd wish to be fighting them would be from an aerial tanker.

[Comanche County]

Yeah, they're extremely dangerous and most people don't realize exactly how hot a wild land fire can get and how fast they travel.