Daveroo
November 18th, 2011, 17:50
i woke this morning to the sound of sirens,i got up and turned on my scanner and heard chatter on the travel channel about a strike team forming up and heading to reno.....thats a 125 mile responce,,,sent a type one and a water tender and a type three later,so three rigs from my department alone...a strike team is 5 local engines and a officer vehical,there is also a water tender strike team of 5 WT's and a command car.
at 5pm PST the fire was at 2000+ acres and 20 to 25 homes lost ( depending on who you listen to),this is nov 18th,there was a blizzard on donner and i heard the second and thrid strike teams had to chain up to cross the pass,then rolled into 55-60 mph winds in reno....
the fire is near south McCarrin and south virgina,,,if you know reno its sort of down town,,,you could see the peppermill in the background behind some burned homes in some of the pics,the airport is across south virgina
at 5pm PST the fire was at 2000+ acres and 20 to 25 homes lost ( depending on who you listen to),this is nov 18th,there was a blizzard on donner and i heard the second and thrid strike teams had to chain up to cross the pass,then rolled into 55-60 mph winds in reno....
the fire is near south McCarrin and south virgina,,,if you know reno its sort of down town,,,you could see the peppermill in the background behind some burned homes in some of the pics,the airport is across south virgina