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Cutting fireline for days, getting ready for the fire to come our way...
 
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Going over the ground where the fire has been to get to where we need to be..about 2 miles away
 
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More hiking
 
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Cutting fireline to mineral soil
 
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Look at the slope..Trenching had to be one of the hardest jobs.  Good thing I ran a chainsaw.
 
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Looking into the beast, watching out for flare-ups and spot fires.
 
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Right in the middle of it..
 
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Again...
 
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Morning snack time...
 
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In Camp Crew during a pumper truck fire drill
 
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Fire fears me!
 
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Crews coming off the grade and to home sweet home Placer.
 
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Jose Vercelles waits for the chow hall to open.
 
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Scott Powell waiting for the call.   Sometimes the CDF guys would have a buddy at dispatch call and then they (camp CDF FCS's) would go around the camp looking for "quality" people to augment their crew.  Hey, fire pay was fire pay, and if it was your weekend off you were fair game.
 
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Erin Healy and Robin Young listen in amazement to yet another "and there I was at 6,000 feet cutting fire line with my pocket knife" story.
 
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Crew Three in camp PSCW.  We painted every building in camp in less than a month.
 
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NO MORE PICTURES!!
 
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Convicts cook, CCC's fight fire.  I hear the tables are turned now.
 
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(left) Jimbo...(right) Tina
Hey Jimbo, I said look left..your left
 
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Is that a slug on the lawn or was it too hot to sleep in the dorms AGAIN!!
 
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Marlene driving Crew Three's CCV.