13 Comments on Aerial Firefighting Drop Safety Video
Did you catch the note at the end that the USDA is an equal opportunity provider? Is that really something they want to make a big deal about right now? That being said, that video sure seemed to display a lack of melanin.
And is it my imagination or did that helicopter do everything but land on that SUV?
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RadioMattM
Tuesday, 14 January 2025, 11:16 at 11:16 am
“Did you catch the note at the end that the USDA is an equal opportunity provider? …That being said, that video sure seemed to display a lack of melanin.”
…this video is 5 years old, 4 of them ruled by Pedo Joe, so things may have changed since then…
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Notice that the jobs that are both highly dangerous and require a lot of skill are all white guys, even in California?
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Ditto above comments. Besides the lack of melanin, I also didn’t see any fur traders in the clip.
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Meanwhile, look who is doing all the looting. Not a blue nor green eye nor blond hair in the bunch.
“MJA
Tuesday, 14 January 2025, 10:50 at 10:50 am
Stay away at least 50 feet? How about 200ft. lol. Daaaang, SNS. That was insane.”
…and thats the rub. The kids today want firefighting and everything else to be like a job at an Deloitte Touche, with side bumpers and safety rails and total OSHA compliance, and while that would be great it just isnt possible.
The situation is somewhere between out-of-control to chaotic if you as a fireman have to be there, and that makes it an inherently dangerous thing. Yes there are rules and protocols and procedures to make it as safe if possible if followed, but adreneline and a rapidly changing situation around a pack of guys and powerful fast equipment can and WILL lead to things happening, sometimes quite BAD things like this.
Life is risk.
Life trying to quell chaos is doubly so.
…it could be guy flew too fast, or other guy didnt know he was coming, or a mechanical failure made the bag release late. Could be 100 other things. Screws fall out, it isnt a perfect world. And while Command should be looking out for you, even if your white helmet is a saint, unless his name is Jesus without an accent mark he doesnt have perfect knowledge of where all the pieces are at all times in a campaign fire either. Each man is ultimately responsible for his own safety.
Its a risky profession. You are deliberately running TOWARDS danger. If you cant accept that the danger may maim or kill you, youre in the wrong business. I dont like the idea of being eaten by a lion myself, so Im not a lion tamer.
Its that simple.
…I pray God that young man is OK and that he and everyone involved learn some valuable lessons from it. I further pray that He holds His protective hand over all those laboring against the flames.
And I pray those young men are prayed up and at peace with the idea that the next time they hear the tones may be their last.
Because it very well may be.
And that firetruck may be the hearse that takes them all to their graves.
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…heres an example on how quickly things can get sideways for a fireman even on the most ordinary of runs. I suspect the driver here is a DEI hire, but eveyone in this truck and a few folks on this train paid for his haste in pain…
I have a very good friend who flew for the USFS out of Missoula, then as a contractor for the USFS. He is flying passenger airliners now. What motivated him to change? D E I. He had enough of it and hung it up taking all of that experience with him. If he hadn’t he was certain that one if the totally unqualified, untrainable, DEI candidates was going to leave his family w/o a husband and father.
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@SNS,
“Deloitte Touche”
I’ve been calling them “Toilet & Douche” for as long as I can remember.
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JDHasty
“He is flying passenger airliners now.” Your pal just moved into DEI central. In fact he must of moved over into the commercial airline routine some time ago because if he’s white and a male he’d never get a job now. And Southwest is the worst.
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SNS: I recently looked at the Houston Fire Department Memorial page. From the very start, I would say that at least half of firefighters killed in the line of duty were killed in some sort of vehicle accident.
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I don’t know any firefighter who hasn’t been dropped on. It’s part of the job.
Did you catch the note at the end that the USDA is an equal opportunity provider? Is that really something they want to make a big deal about right now? That being said, that video sure seemed to display a lack of melanin.
And is it my imagination or did that helicopter do everything but land on that SUV?
RadioMattM
Tuesday, 14 January 2025, 11:16 at 11:16 am
“Did you catch the note at the end that the USDA is an equal opportunity provider? …That being said, that video sure seemed to display a lack of melanin.”
…this video is 5 years old, 4 of them ruled by Pedo Joe, so things may have changed since then…
Notice that the jobs that are both highly dangerous and require a lot of skill are all white guys, even in California?
Ditto above comments. Besides the lack of melanin, I also didn’t see any fur traders in the clip.
Meanwhile, look who is doing all the looting. Not a blue nor green eye nor blond hair in the bunch.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14283461/los-angeles-fire-looters-burglars-arrested-share-common-trait.html
…from the previous thread…
“MJA
Tuesday, 14 January 2025, 10:50 at 10:50 am
Stay away at least 50 feet? How about 200ft. lol. Daaaang, SNS. That was insane.”
…and thats the rub. The kids today want firefighting and everything else to be like a job at an Deloitte Touche, with side bumpers and safety rails and total OSHA compliance, and while that would be great it just isnt possible.
The situation is somewhere between out-of-control to chaotic if you as a fireman have to be there, and that makes it an inherently dangerous thing. Yes there are rules and protocols and procedures to make it as safe if possible if followed, but adreneline and a rapidly changing situation around a pack of guys and powerful fast equipment can and WILL lead to things happening, sometimes quite BAD things like this.
Life is risk.
Life trying to quell chaos is doubly so.
…it could be guy flew too fast, or other guy didnt know he was coming, or a mechanical failure made the bag release late. Could be 100 other things. Screws fall out, it isnt a perfect world. And while Command should be looking out for you, even if your white helmet is a saint, unless his name is Jesus without an accent mark he doesnt have perfect knowledge of where all the pieces are at all times in a campaign fire either. Each man is ultimately responsible for his own safety.
Its a risky profession. You are deliberately running TOWARDS danger. If you cant accept that the danger may maim or kill you, youre in the wrong business. I dont like the idea of being eaten by a lion myself, so Im not a lion tamer.
Its that simple.
…I pray God that young man is OK and that he and everyone involved learn some valuable lessons from it. I further pray that He holds His protective hand over all those laboring against the flames.
And I pray those young men are prayed up and at peace with the idea that the next time they hear the tones may be their last.
Because it very well may be.
And that firetruck may be the hearse that takes them all to their graves.
…heres an example on how quickly things can get sideways for a fireman even on the most ordinary of runs. I suspect the driver here is a DEI hire, but eveyone in this truck and a few folks on this train paid for his haste in pain…
https://youtu.be/BdSJ8KRIrHg?si=ps-5EF9dwl57Roz3
…just that quick.
Its dangerous.
All the time.
Even when you think it isnt.
A DC-10 comes in for a LOW drop.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-3KyWLvUT5Q
I have a very good friend who flew for the USFS out of Missoula, then as a contractor for the USFS. He is flying passenger airliners now. What motivated him to change? D E I. He had enough of it and hung it up taking all of that experience with him. If he hadn’t he was certain that one if the totally unqualified, untrainable, DEI candidates was going to leave his family w/o a husband and father.
@SNS,
“Deloitte Touche”
I’ve been calling them “Toilet & Douche” for as long as I can remember.
JDHasty
“He is flying passenger airliners now.” Your pal just moved into DEI central. In fact he must of moved over into the commercial airline routine some time ago because if he’s white and a male he’d never get a job now. And Southwest is the worst.
SNS: I recently looked at the Houston Fire Department Memorial page. From the very start, I would say that at least half of firefighters killed in the line of duty were killed in some sort of vehicle accident.
I don’t know any firefighter who hasn’t been dropped on. It’s part of the job.