Tim Sheehy

A local fire truck is not designed to fight a million acre fire. It's designed to go fight a little two bedroom house fire in a neighborhood. These guys are outgunned, they're outmatched. That fire at peak spread, when it was being pushed by an 80 mile an hour winds, was burning two football fields a second. Wow. I mean, visualize that. Wow. That's how fast it can spread.

A local fire truck is not designed to fight a million acre fire. It's designed to go fight a little two bedroom house fire in a neighborhood. These guys are outgunned, they're outmatched. That fire at peak spread, when it was being pushed by an 80 mile an hour winds, was burning two football fields a second. Wow. I mean, visualize that. Wow. That's how fast it can spread.

A local fire truck is not designed to fight a million acre fire. It's designed to go fight a little two bedroom house fire in a neighborhood. These guys are outgunned, they're outmatched. That fire at peak spread, when it was being pushed by an 80 mile an hour winds, was burning two football fields a second. Wow. I mean, visualize that. Wow. That's how fast it can spread.

So this isn't the perception of people. They think about a fire. It's plodding along. Two football fields a second. It's plodding along, and it doesn't burn in a line. I fought a lot of fires from the air. I fought two fires myself on a ranch this summer. If you live out west, especially if you're an ag fighting wild, you better be always ready with your—

So this isn't the perception of people. They think about a fire. It's plodding along. Two football fields a second. It's plodding along, and it doesn't burn in a line. I fought a lot of fires from the air. I fought two fires myself on a ranch this summer. If you live out west, especially if you're an ag fighting wild, you better be always ready with your—

So this isn't the perception of people. They think about a fire. It's plodding along. Two football fields a second. It's plodding along, and it doesn't burn in a line. I fought a lot of fires from the air. I fought two fires myself on a ranch this summer. If you live out west, especially if you're an ag fighting wild, you better be always ready with your—

picking your shovel and your Pulaski tool to go fight a fire because the hay baler, the hay rake, the swather, you'll hit a rock when you're pulling hay and it will start a fire. So two football fields a second is how fast that thing is moving. And it doesn't move in a line, especially when it's moving fast.

picking your shovel and your Pulaski tool to go fight a fire because the hay baler, the hay rake, the swather, you'll hit a rock when you're pulling hay and it will start a fire. So two football fields a second is how fast that thing is moving. And it doesn't move in a line, especially when it's moving fast.

picking your shovel and your Pulaski tool to go fight a fire because the hay baler, the hay rake, the swather, you'll hit a rock when you're pulling hay and it will start a fire. So two football fields a second is how fast that thing is moving. And it doesn't move in a line, especially when it's moving fast.

The heat of the fire, like when people look at these pictures in California, they'll look at, they'll see trees intact and they see a house gone. And they look at those bricks like, how did that happen? How come the trees are standing, but the house is gone? Well, a lot of this is because the proximity heat of the fire will cause things to self-combust in front of the fire.

The heat of the fire, like when people look at these pictures in California, they'll look at, they'll see trees intact and they see a house gone. And they look at those bricks like, how did that happen? How come the trees are standing, but the house is gone? Well, a lot of this is because the proximity heat of the fire will cause things to self-combust in front of the fire.

The heat of the fire, like when people look at these pictures in California, they'll look at, they'll see trees intact and they see a house gone. And they look at those bricks like, how did that happen? How come the trees are standing, but the house is gone? Well, a lot of this is because the proximity heat of the fire will cause things to self-combust in front of the fire.

So it's not even the line of the fire, it's the heat that it's creating causes the flashpoint of material to just burst into flames. And then embers will get blown by the wind out in front of the fire line, and you'll have spotting. And spotting is where you see spot fire starting in front of it. And that's how sometimes the ash will blow

So it's not even the line of the fire, it's the heat that it's creating causes the flashpoint of material to just burst into flames. And then embers will get blown by the wind out in front of the fire line, and you'll have spotting. And spotting is where you see spot fire starting in front of it. And that's how sometimes the ash will blow

So it's not even the line of the fire, it's the heat that it's creating causes the flashpoint of material to just burst into flames. And then embers will get blown by the wind out in front of the fire line, and you'll have spotting. And spotting is where you see spot fire starting in front of it. And that's how sometimes the ash will blow

miles in front of the fire and start spot fires that can be a whole new fire. And that's what we're getting seen now in LA is a complex fire. That's what we call a complex fire where it's not one simple fire. It's a whole area of fires like we're seeing in LA now. There's multiple fires around the valley that have been started. And now you've got a complex fire.

miles in front of the fire and start spot fires that can be a whole new fire. And that's what we're getting seen now in LA is a complex fire. That's what we call a complex fire where it's not one simple fire. It's a whole area of fires like we're seeing in LA now. There's multiple fires around the valley that have been started. And now you've got a complex fire.

miles in front of the fire and start spot fires that can be a whole new fire. And that's what we're getting seen now in LA is a complex fire. That's what we call a complex fire where it's not one simple fire. It's a whole area of fires like we're seeing in LA now. There's multiple fires around the valley that have been started. And now you've got a complex fire.

You've got a huge incident of multiple different fires that are all part of the same ecosystem, but they are different incidents. And that makes your response to that that much harder.

You've got a huge incident of multiple different fires that are all part of the same ecosystem, but they are different incidents. And that makes your response to that that much harder.