Rex Trulove
Looking downstream, a patch of fir trees can be seen that are sort of reddish-orange. This was the place where there was a forest fire last year. A huge difference between last year and the year before, though, was that a full crew was immediately dispatched, with helicopter support. Obviously, the helicopter didn’t have to go far to fill its bucket with water. The result is that the fire was kept at only four acres.
The terrain right there is deceptive in that it is far more rugged than it looks. If they had not immediately squelched the fire, it would have spread very fast and would have been exceptionally difficult to contain. That is the base of a ridge that rapidly gains altitude into heavily forested and even steeper terrain.
