Montana Flora and Fauna

Montana has a diverse Eco-system, big game and small mixed with an abundance of wonderful plant life.

Pronghorn Antelope buck

Rocky Mountain Elk Cow

Whitetail Bucks in velvet

And the most deadly of them all the Wiley Chipmunk

My Firehouse

My poor little Fire station is so torn to shit right now, they have all the external sheeting off of it and the insulation off, all there is the steel frame. It still smells of scorched electrical and plastics.
Our little Brush Engine just came back from being Repainted and it looks good, My Structural Engine will be a Year out to replace it, and that's on the fast track with Boise Mobile. I have to get my ass in gear and start getting some of our younger firefighters thought there Pumper Operator class, and I have to finish my Tender Operator work book.

thats all for now sports fans

Kitchen Range Fires

This is My Fire Service announcement for the week
PAY ATTENTION!


http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=2390682159197532765&q=kitchen+oil+fire&total=161&start=0&num=10&so=0&type=search&plindex=2

I have seen the end result of this action in person, Its not pretty

Doug

COWS/ wildfyre school

Ok where to start the weekend was over the top, Central Oregon High desert it soooooooo beautiful and HOT, we got there and had class on the first day then we went out into the field and had live fire on Saturday. Saturday late morning before noon I started to get woozy and everyone thought "Dehydrated" and I wasn't I drank tons of water and was Peeing clear, I went to Madres to the Podunk hospital there and found out I had inner ear Infection. Doug was done playing fyreman : (

COWS

I am off to Madras OR. tonight for 3 wild days of Wildland firefighting school
COWS / central oregon wildland, can you say sage bruch rattle snakes and 100 degree heat WAHOO

XOXO
Doug

Montana

OK I have been remiss in my blogging, things have been very sideways for me it all started with a trip to Montana and then haying season and fire department and family and work and I think I'm gonna have a meltdown but that's a different story altogether. I'll be posting some Montana Pictures, this is is a Bull Buffalo on the National Bison range and He is loosing his winter Wool he is a good size animal, You should see them run it is almost comical. Here is a picture of the Mission mountain range it is one of my favorites, I just love it

that all for now I will be more diligent

Doug

BIG SKY

Of to the BIG SKY State
We are off to Montana and all parts in-between
Woo Hoo. They are gonna have to retrain me cuz
I’m going to be forgetting everything.

Hamburgers at Dick’s in Spokane WA
Axemans In Missoula MT
Graves Creek Falls Thompson Falls MT

Hope to post some dandy pics after the trip, have a good week