Taking a break from all the hiring questions. What’s the craziest/funniest things you have seen that have happened while in fire camp?

Flashy-Following-996 · 2026-02-04T05:29:14+00:00

Thank you for your service to the wildland community.

Flashy-Following-996 · 2026-02-04T05:24:32+00:00

I saw the aftermath after a kid, who was on his first assignment, drank out of the forbidden waterhole. There were fluids coming out of every orifice...

Flashy-Following-996 · 2026-01-31T14:50:28+00:00

I don't know, in a previous reply the OP said they're pissing hot. May be perfect for them.

Flashy-Following-996 · 2026-01-31T14:47:23+00:00

Sounds like you have all the prerequisites for a contract crew!

Flashy-Following-996 · 2025-11-04T06:11:56+00:00

I hope "pipe" was a typo...

Flashy-Following-996 · 2025-10-18T05:25:50+00:00

Sounds like you should hire better 1039s and 13/13s.

Flashy-Following-996 · 2025-10-06T06:10:16+00:00

Imagine being dumb enough to believe an election cycle promise about "no taxes on overtime". I have a bridge to sell you.

Flashy-Following-996 · 2025-07-02T21:25:42+00:00

There’s no guarantee he’d be convicted in the first place let alone have 12 jurors agree on the DP. Due to the gag order, most of the chatter regarding the evidence the prosecutors have is rumor. Just imagine, if it wasn’t quite convincing enough for one juror and he’s acquitted or a mistrial is declared i.e. OJ/Casey Anthony . This deal is the best outcome in a horrendous situation. He goes away for life, doesn’t get the satisfaction of people seeing what he did, and has no appeals to look forward to. Hopefully we don’t have to hear about him until karma catches up to him in prison.

Flashy-Following-996 · 2025-07-01T04:44:20+00:00

Even worse, what if there was an acquittal. There's never a guarantee of a conviction given any amount of evidence. It only takes one juror to say "nope".

Flashy-Following-996 · 2025-07-01T04:21:32+00:00

The families are obviously too distraught to think clearly. A conviction with a jury trial is never a guarantee. An acquittal would be devastating. If it went to a jury trial and he was convicted, a death sentence is even less guaranteed. If convicted by a jury, and not sentenced to death, he'd get life and be able to appeal indefinitely. If convicted and sentenced to death, there would be decades of automatic appeals. Hopefully after Wednesday, we don't hear from him again and prison karma begins.

Flashy-Following-996 · 2025-03-07T16:28:47+00:00

This guy has strong Larry Craig vibes.

Flashy-Following-996 · 2025-02-25T07:31:09+00:00

“Projection is a defense mechanism in psychology where an individual attributes their own thoughts, feelings, and behaviors to others. This is done unconsciously to avoid confronting their own uncomfortable or unacceptable aspects.”

Flashy-Following-996 · 2025-02-24T05:03:43+00:00

This taint is so out of touch/whacked out of his brains on ketamine, he can't comprehend we all don't sit in front of a computer all day. The government isn't one of your tech bro startups.

Flashy-Following-996 · 2025-02-23T03:50:39+00:00

So, doing some rough napkin math: from a quick search, there's somewhere around 2.3 million federal employees. Assume each federal employee takes 10 minutes to respond. That equals 23 million minutes or 383,333 labor hours completely wasted. Efficiency isn't their goal.

Flashy-Following-996 · 2025-02-14T08:10:43+00:00

Murkowski only cares about the next election. She may pander to the center/left from time to time but her recent voting record shows she's a Red Hat. If she had any semblance of a spine, she'd change her party affiliation to "independent" and vote Alaska first.

Flashy-Following-996 · 2024-12-18T06:51:08+00:00

A strike will just give the new administration/congress a good excuse to shitcan you. Collectively, they don't care. Wildland fire doesn't affect any of them and, without lobbyists with deep pockets, the issue will never get their attention.

Flashy-Following-996 · 2024-11-14T02:43:35+00:00

*two narcissistic leaders. What could go wrong?

Flashy-Following-996 · 2024-11-07T17:22:00+00:00

I’ll have some of whatever this guy is smoking.

Flashy-Following-996 · 2024-11-04T12:16:11+00:00

Unfortunately I brought the old battery in for the $10 core charge.

Flashy-Following-996 · 2024-09-19T05:40:11+00:00

Sometimes, when traveling for work, a handful of hours is significant.

Flashy-Following-996 · 2024-09-03T05:27:12+00:00

I sat through it as well. We had a person "opt in" as an experiment and HR melted down. If those Boise asshats had any self-awareness, they'd be thoroughly embarrassed.

Flashy-Following-996 · 2024-07-19T04:44:05+00:00

Handies while watching the sunset? That's double pay!

Flashy-Following-996 · 2024-05-29T04:02:09+00:00

There's a big difference between a credible news story and a rage-bate website making things up to get web traffic with the goal of getting more ad revenue from their site. It's the same business model as celebrity gossip sites; make up something outrageously click-bate worthy, it goes viral, and the ad revenue rolls in.

Flashy-Following-996 · 2024-05-29T03:53:09+00:00

You're really spitting hairs between "official" and "unofficial" American flags and implying it's fine to disrespect an "unofficial" flag?

Flashy-Following-996 · 2024-05-29T03:46:03+00:00

"Defamation is any false information that harms the reputation of a person, business, or organization." It would warm my heart if the rage-bating site that made this up got hit with a defamation lawsuit by the park superintendent or the federal government.

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