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<table border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1" width="99%" align="center"> <tr bgcolor="#000000"><td> <table border="0" width="100%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0"> <tr bgcolor="#000099"> <td colspan="2" align="left"> <font size="2" color="#ffffff" face="Verdana, Arial"> <b>T O P I C R E V I E W</b> </font></td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#dedfdf"> <td valign="top" width="18%"> <font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial"> <b>Cobra5.0Jeep</b> <br /><small>Member # 1482</small> </font></td> <td width="82%"> <font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial"> <img src="https://californiafords.com/ubb/posticon.gif" border="0" alt=" - " /> posted <script language="JavaScript1.3" type="text/javascript"> document.writeln(timestamp(new Date(2007,6,1,23,36,0), dfrm, tfrm, 0, 0, 0, 0)); </script><hr /> </font> <font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial"> Got woken up at 545 by my captain telling me we had a forest fire on our district and to leave immediately for the station. It was a slow rate of spread because the RH was over 50%<br />We got there (an hour or so drive) and the CDF had already contained it so we took over from there so unfortantly i didn't get any cool pics. I had fun though there was some flames on the otherside of the hill and we mopped it up for 8 hours. I got overtime, sunday pay AND Hazard pay so i made about 500 bucks today <img border="0" title="" alt="[Smile]" src="smile.gif" /> <br />The fire either started from someone throwing a cigarette into a mine shaft they filled with foam OR it was a cigarette thrown from a car. The fire looked like it creeped out of the mine and we found out later that the foam they used was highly toxic and some people complained of breathing problems.<br />Heres some pics from us sitting in the fire engine waiting for our orders<br /> <img src="http://www.mustangmods.com/ims/u/700/6299/179258.jpg" alt=" - " /><br /> <img src="http://www.mustangmods.com/ims/u/700/6299/179259.jpg" alt=" - " /><br /> <img src="http://www.mustangmods.com/ims/u/700/6299/179260.jpg" alt=" - " /><br /> <img src="http://www.mustangmods.com/ims/u/700/6299/179263.jpg" alt=" - " /> <br /> </font> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#f7f7f7"> <td valign="top" width="18%"> <font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial"> <b>Pure Stang</b> <br /><small>Member # 7251</small> </font></td> <td width="82%"> <font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial"> <img src="https://californiafords.com/ubb/posticon.gif" border="0" alt=" - " /> posted <script language="JavaScript1.3" type="text/javascript"> document.writeln(timestamp(new Date(2007,6,1,23,59,0), dfrm, tfrm, 0, 0, 0, 0)); </script><hr /> </font> <font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial"> cool... sounds like a exciting job... <br /> </font> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#dedfdf"> <td valign="top" width="18%"> <font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial"> <b>SF89lLx</b> <br /><small>Member # 3965</small> </font></td> <td width="82%"> <font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial"> <img src="https://californiafords.com/ubb/posticon.gif" border="0" alt=" - " /> posted <script language="JavaScript1.3" type="text/javascript"> document.writeln(timestamp(new Date(2007,6,2,2,53,0), dfrm, tfrm, 0, 0, 0, 0)); </script><hr /> </font> <font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial"> koo pix , but focus on your job not taking pix next time. <img border="0" title="" alt="[Roll Eyes]" src="rolleyes.gif" /> <img border="0" title="" alt="[Razz]" src="tongue.gif" /> <br /> </font> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#f7f7f7"> <td valign="top" width="18%"> <font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial"> <b>Cobra5.0Jeep</b> <br /><small>Member # 1482</small> </font></td> <td width="82%"> <font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial"> <img src="https://californiafords.com/ubb/posticon.gif" border="0" alt=" - " /> posted <script language="JavaScript1.3" type="text/javascript"> document.writeln(timestamp(new Date(2007,6,2,10,23,0), dfrm, tfrm, 0, 0, 0, 0)); </script><hr /> </font> <font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial"> </font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">Originally posted by SF89lLx:<br /><strong> koo pix , but focus on your job not taking pix next time. <img border="0" title="" alt="[Roll Eyes]" src="rolleyes.gif" /> <img border="0" title="" alt="[Razz]" src="tongue.gif" /> </strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">The saying is in the forest service, "Hurry up and Wait"<br />You hurry to a forest fire and when you get there you have to wait to be told what to do, sometimes you can wait days before you get on the fire i am told. <br /> </font> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#dedfdf"> <td valign="top" width="18%"> <font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial"> <b>166 Merlot</b> <br /><small>Member # 1549</small> </font></td> <td width="82%"> <font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial"> <img src="https://californiafords.com/ubb/posticon.gif" border="0" alt=" - " /> posted <script language="JavaScript1.3" type="text/javascript"> document.writeln(timestamp(new Date(2007,6,2,18,28,0), dfrm, tfrm, 0, 0, 0, 0)); </script><hr /> </font> <font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial"> nice fire:<br /><br /> <img src="http://www.mustangmods.com/ims/u/700/6299/179260.jpg" alt=" - " /> <br /> </font> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#f7f7f7"> <td valign="top" width="18%"> <font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial"> <b>00SLVRGT</b> <br /><small>Member # 4509</small> </font></td> <td width="82%"> <font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial"> <img src="https://californiafords.com/ubb/posticon.gif" border="0" alt=" - " /> posted <script language="JavaScript1.3" type="text/javascript"> document.writeln(timestamp(new Date(2007,6,2,18,30,0), dfrm, tfrm, 0, 0, 0, 0)); </script><hr /> </font> <font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial"> </font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">Originally posted by 166 Merlot:<br /><strong> nice fire:<br /><br /> <img src="http://www.mustangmods.com/ims/u/700/6299/179260.jpg" alt=" - " /> </strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">its soo cute <img border="0" title="" alt="[Smile]" src="smile.gif" /> <br /> </font> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#dedfdf"> <td valign="top" width="18%"> <font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial"> <b>FoRdGiRl</b> <br /><small>Member # 6279</small> </font></td> <td width="82%"> <font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial"> <img src="https://californiafords.com/ubb/posticon.gif" border="0" alt=" - " /> posted <script language="JavaScript1.3" type="text/javascript"> document.writeln(timestamp(new Date(2007,6,2,19,8,0), dfrm, tfrm, 0, 0, 0, 0)); </script><hr /> </font> <font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial"> I SAW A BUNCH OF AERA THAT HAD BEEN BURNT ON MY WAY TO 49 IS THAT THE SAME FIRE I FIGURED YOU WOULD KNOW <img border="0" title="" alt="[Big Grin]" src="biggrin.gif" /> <br /> </font> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#f7f7f7"> <td valign="top" width="18%"> <font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial"> <b>NavidR</b> <br /><small>Member # 3164</small> </font></td> <td width="82%"> <font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial"> <img src="https://californiafords.com/ubb/posticon.gif" border="0" alt=" - " /> posted <script language="JavaScript1.3" type="text/javascript"> document.writeln(timestamp(new Date(2007,6,2,21,9,0), dfrm, tfrm, 0, 0, 0, 0)); </script><hr /> </font> <font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial"> I could say congrats but that wouldn't make sence! Be safe man <img border="0" alt="[patriot]" title="" src="graemlins/patriot.gif" /> <br /> </font> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#dedfdf"> <td valign="top" width="18%"> <font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial"> <b>Cobra5.0Jeep</b> <br /><small>Member # 1482</small> </font></td> <td width="82%"> <font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial"> <img src="https://californiafords.com/ubb/posticon.gif" border="0" alt=" - " /> posted <script language="JavaScript1.3" type="text/javascript"> document.writeln(timestamp(new Date(2007,6,2,21,57,0), dfrm, tfrm, 0, 0, 0, 0)); </script><hr /> </font> <font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial"> </font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">Originally posted by FoRdGiRl:<br /><strong> I SAW A BUNCH OF AERA THAT HAD BEEN BURNT ON MY WAY TO 49 IS THAT THE SAME FIRE I FIGURED YOU WOULD KNOW <img border="0" title="" alt="[Big Grin]" src="biggrin.gif" /> </strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">its not the same fire, my fire was not even near any towns or anything, the only building i saw the entire time was a old mining shack. <br /> </font> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#f7f7f7"> <td valign="top" width="18%"> <font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial"> <b>93grbrGT</b> <br /><small>Member # 6655</small> </font></td> <td width="82%"> <font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial"> <img src="https://californiafords.com/ubb/posticon.gif" border="0" alt=" - " /> posted <script language="JavaScript1.3" type="text/javascript"> document.writeln(timestamp(new Date(2007,6,2,23,1,0), dfrm, tfrm, 0, 0, 0, 0)); </script><hr /> </font> <font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial"> </font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">Originally posted by 00SLVRGT:<br /><strong> </font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">Originally posted by 166 Merlot:<br /><strong> nice fire:<br /><br /> <img src="http://www.mustangmods.com/ims/u/700/6299/179260.jpg" alt=" - " /> </strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">its soo cute <img border="0" title="" alt="[Smile]" src="smile.gif" /> </strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">DAAAAAMMNNN!! That's a blazing inferno! Next time, make sure the captain calls in a few more trucks and some drop planes! <img border="0" title="" alt="[Eek!]" src="eek.gif" /> <br /> </font> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#dedfdf"> <td valign="top" width="18%"> <font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial"> <b>bottled95GT??</b> <br /><small>Member # 1772</small> </font></td> <td width="82%"> <font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial"> <img src="https://californiafords.com/ubb/posticon.gif" border="0" alt=" - " /> posted <script language="JavaScript1.3" type="text/javascript"> document.writeln(timestamp(new Date(2007,6,2,23,7,0), dfrm, tfrm, 0, 0, 0, 0)); </script><hr /> </font> <font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial"> </font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">Originally posted by SF89lLx:<br /><strong> koo pix , but focus on your job not taking pix next time. <img border="0" title="" alt="[Roll Eyes]" src="rolleyes.gif" /> <img border="0" title="" alt="[Razz]" src="tongue.gif" /> </strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">+1 lmfao i was gonna say the same thing but saw some1 already had for me <img border="0" title="" alt="[Razz]" src="tongue.gif" /> <br /> </font> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#f7f7f7"> <td valign="top" width="18%"> <font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial"> <b>ntimid8</b> <br /><small>Member # 1498</small> </font></td> <td width="82%"> <font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial"> <img src="https://californiafords.com/ubb/posticon.gif" border="0" alt=" - " /> posted <script language="JavaScript1.3" type="text/javascript"> document.writeln(timestamp(new Date(2007,6,3,1,6,0), dfrm, tfrm, 0, 0, 0, 0)); </script><hr /> </font> <font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial"> [QUOTE]Originally posted by Cobra5.0Jeep:<br />[QB] Got woken up at 545 by my captain telling me we had a forest fire on our district and to leave immediately for the station. It was a slow rate of spread because the RH was over 50%<br />We got there (an hour or so drive) and the CDF had already contained it so we took over from there so unfortantly i didn't get any cool pics. I had fun though there was some flames on the otherside of the hill and we mopped it up for 8 hours. I got overtime, sunday pay AND Hazard pay so i made about 500 bucks today <img border="0" title="" alt="[Smile]" src="smile.gif" /> <br />The fire either started from someone throwing a cigarette into a mine shaft they filled with foam OR it was a cigarette thrown from a car. The fire looked like it creeped out of the mine and we found out later that the foam they used was highly toxic and some people complained of breathing problems.<br />Heres some pics from us sitting in the fire engine waiting for our orders<br /><br />Where are you stationed at? <br /> </font> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#dedfdf"> <td valign="top" width="18%"> <font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial"> <b>opie</b> <br /><small>Member # 7693</small> </font></td> <td width="82%"> <font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial"> <img src="https://californiafords.com/ubb/posticon.gif" border="0" alt=" - " /> posted <script language="JavaScript1.3" type="text/javascript"> document.writeln(timestamp(new Date(2007,6,3,2,9,0), dfrm, tfrm, 0, 0, 0, 0)); </script><hr /> </font> <font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial"> You have a hater fan club. I notice the jealous people on here dont bother you, thats good. <br /> </font> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#f7f7f7"> <td valign="top" width="18%"> <font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial"> <b>Cobra5.0Jeep</b> <br /><small>Member # 1482</small> </font></td> <td width="82%"> <font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial"> <img src="https://californiafords.com/ubb/posticon.gif" border="0" alt=" - " /> posted <script language="JavaScript1.3" type="text/javascript"> document.writeln(timestamp(new Date(2007,6,3,10,27,0), dfrm, tfrm, 0, 0, 0, 0)); </script><hr /> </font> <font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial"> </font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">Originally posted by ntimid8:<br /><strong> [QUOTE]Originally posted by Cobra5.0Jeep:<br />[QB] Got woken up at 545 by my captain telling me we had a forest fire on our district and to leave immediately for the station. It was a slow rate of spread because the RH was over 50%<br />We got there (an hour or so drive) and the CDF had already contained it so we took over from there so unfortantly i didn't get any cool pics. I had fun though there was some flames on the otherside of the hill and we mopped it up for 8 hours. I got overtime, sunday pay AND Hazard pay so i made about 500 bucks today <img border="0" title="" alt="[Smile]" src="smile.gif" /> <br />The fire either started from someone throwing a cigarette into a mine shaft they filled with foam OR it was a cigarette thrown from a car. The fire looked like it creeped out of the mine and we found out later that the foam they used was highly toxic and some people complained of breathing problems.<br />Heres some pics from us sitting in the fire engine waiting for our orders<br /><br />Where are you stationed at? </strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">American River Station Foresthill, CA <br /> </font> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#dedfdf"> <td valign="top" width="18%"> <font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial"> <b>166 Merlot</b> <br /><small>Member # 1549</small> </font></td> <td width="82%"> <font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial"> <img src="https://californiafords.com/ubb/posticon.gif" border="0" alt=" - " /> posted <script language="JavaScript1.3" type="text/javascript"> document.writeln(timestamp(new Date(2007,6,7,22,44,0), dfrm, tfrm, 0, 0, 0, 0)); </script><hr /> </font> <font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial"> </font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">Originally posted by opie:<br /><strong> You have a hater fan club. I notice the jealous people on here dont bother you, thats good. </strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">personally i'm jealous of his brains and buffness <img border="0" alt="[Whoo Whooooo!]" title="" src="graemlins/woowoo.gif" /> <br /> </font> </td></tr> </table></td></tr></table> <br /> <br />
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