On the scale of things getting burnt in the woods the following may take a bit of beating.
My guys and I had been called out to a forest fire and on arrival with the Landrover & foam bowser found it was in an area that was tricky to get to.
We were doing our best with fire beaters while waiting for some chainsaw to arrive when the Fire Brigade turned up in a pendulously heavy fire engine. They stopped and asked where the fire was centred and we told them they'd never get near it. The main man explained that he'd been doing it a while, even helpfully called me "Son"
and of they trundled.
A while later while we were still trying to beat the flames to death with a stick we saw a rather dejected bunch of firemen walking towards us.
"Where's your fire engine?" they were asked. There faces grew red with embarisment (even under the soot) as they explained how they'd gotten stuck, surrounded by flames & eventually run out of tanked water... Not long after which their fire engine caught fire and burned out.
Luckily none were hurt (bar their pride) and we eventually got the fire under control.
Sent via smoke-signal from a woodland in Scotland.
My guys and I had been called out to a forest fire and on arrival with the Landrover & foam bowser found it was in an area that was tricky to get to.
We were doing our best with fire beaters while waiting for some chainsaw to arrive when the Fire Brigade turned up in a pendulously heavy fire engine. They stopped and asked where the fire was centred and we told them they'd never get near it. The main man explained that he'd been doing it a while, even helpfully called me "Son"
and of they trundled. A while later while we were still trying to beat the flames to death with a stick we saw a rather dejected bunch of firemen walking towards us.
"Where's your fire engine?" they were asked. There faces grew red with embarisment (even under the soot) as they explained how they'd gotten stuck, surrounded by flames & eventually run out of tanked water... Not long after which their fire engine caught fire and burned out.
Luckily none were hurt (bar their pride) and we eventually got the fire under control.
Sent via smoke-signal from a woodland in Scotland.
