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Here, a Boeing CH-47 Chinook is called in on a spot fire found at dusk outside the fireline on the Dixie fire near Chester, CA. A handcrew worked into the night to ring the spot fire. The Dixie was one of the largest fires in California history. Thanks to the hard work of federal, state, local, volunteer, and private firefighters, as well as heavy equipment and avaition contractors, the town of Chester and several other towns were saved.

A Mastacator working to clear overgrowth along a contingency line in Georgetown CA

K&N said this $400 filter was good to go out of the box. "The service interval for a drop-in replacement K&N® High-Flow Air Filter™ can vary greatly depending on the severity of driving conditions—from 100 miles in a desert-racing environment to up to 50,000 miles under normal highway driving conditions." They lied! After a couple hundred miles of 50/50 on and off road driving, the filter failure cost nearly $30,000 for an inframe rebuild on a Detroit 8V92. Shop said only a teaspoon of dust will "dust the motor" and said they have seen this happen before with K&N.

Wildland firefighting operations, 2021 California. Filling portable tank with roof mounted 3 inch monitor.

CA, 2020 LNU Complex fire.

Civilian Blackhawk with longline bucket Helibase landing, August complex fire, 2020