A woman firefighter with the Smokey Bear hotshots heads for dinner at the fire camp of the Basin Complex Fire. Many of the elite Hotshot crews have a woman or two, and while the profession is still overwhelmingly male, women are slowly entering at many levels.
A woman firefighter with the Smokey Bear hotshots heads for dinner at the fire camp of the Basin Complex Fire. Many of the elite Hotshot crews have a woman or two, and while the profession is still overwhelmingly male, women are slowly entering at many levels.
A woman firefighter with the Smokey Bear hotshots heads for dinner at the fire camp of the Basin Complex Fire. Many of the elite Hotshot crews have a woman or two, and while the profession is still overwhelmingly male, women are slowly entering at many levels.
A burned, dead tree rots above the fire-scorched remains of manzanita scrub at the site of the 2001 Gap Fire in the mountains above Truckee, California.
A burned, dead tree rots above the fire-scorched remains of manzanita scrub at the site of the 2001 Gap Fire in the mountains above Truckee, California.
A burned, dead tree rots above the fire-scorched remains of manzanita scrub at the site of the 2001 Gap Fire in the mountains above Truckee, California.
A burned, dead tree rots above the fire-scorched remains of manzanita scrub at the site of the 2001 Gap Fire in the mountains above Truckee, California.
A burned, dead tree rots above the fire-scorched remains of manzanita scrub at the site of the 2001 Gap Fire in the mountains above Truckee, California.
A burned, dead tree rots above the fire-scorched remains of manzanita scrub at the site of the 2001 Gap Fire in the mountains above Truckee, California.
A burned, dead tree rots above the fire-scorched remains of sun-bleached manzanita bushes at the site of the 2001 Gap Fire in the mountains above Truckee, California.
A burned, dead tree rots above the fire-scorched remains of sun-bleached manzanita bushes at the site of the 2001 Gap Fire in the mountains above Truckee, California.
A burned, dead tree rots above the fire-scorched remains of sun-bleached manzanita bushes at the site of the 2001 Gap Fire in the mountains above Truckee, California.
Minutes after firefighters at the Basin Complex Fire set a controlled fire to clear the fire break, all that remain of the brush are hot twigs and bare ground.
Minutes after firefighters at the Basin Complex Fire set a controlled fire to clear the fire break, all that remain of the brush are hot twigs and bare ground.
Minutes after firefighters at the Basin Complex Fire set a controlled fire to clear the fire break, all that remain of the brush are hot twigs and bare ground.
The demonic face and body in the flames is only a momentary flicker in a quick-moving fire, but such photographs have special appeal to many firefighters for whom the images may be warnings of real danger.
The demonic face and body in the flames is only a momentary flicker in a quick-moving fire, but such photographs have special appeal to many firefighters for whom the images may be warnings of real danger.
The demonic face and body in the flames is only a momentary flicker in a quick-moving fire, but such photographs have special appeal to many firefighters for whom the images may be warnings of real danger.
A flaring backfire forces a Crane Valley Hotshots firefighter to move into the safe area before it marches off toward the main fire. Backfires are planned fires set by firefighters, one of the main methods of wildland firefighting, and the least environmentally harmful way deprive the main fire of it's fuel.
A flaring backfire forces a Crane Valley Hotshots firefighter to move into the safe area before it marches off toward the main fire. Backfires are planned fires set by firefighters, one of the main methods of wildland firefighting, and the least environmentally harmful way deprive the main fire of it's fuel.
A flaring backfire forces a Crane Valley Hotshots firefighter to move into the safe area before it marches off toward the main fire. Backfires are planned fires set by firefighters, one of the main methods of wildland firefighting, and the least environmentally harmful way deprive the main fire of it's fuel.
The sky is reflected in a Sierra Mountain lake behind wildflowers - the clean air, blue water and green land that citizens want without the fire that is required to maintain it in California's fire adapted ecology.
The sky is reflected in a Sierra Mountain lake behind wildflowers - the clean air, blue water and green land that citizens want without the fire that is required to maintain it in California's fire adapted ecology.
The sky is reflected in a Sierra Mountain lake behind wildflowers - the clean air, blue water and green land that citizens want without the fire that is required to maintain it in California's fire adapted ecology.
Hundreds of steaks grill for dinner in the mobile kitchens of X at the La Brea fire camp, an instant camp of more than 5,000 firefighters, staff, and contractors with mobile offices, showers, dining, medical care, fueling, and chainsaw sharpening. Supporting a wildland firefighting operation includes feeding firefighters who can expend more than 6000 kcal/day.
Hundreds of steaks grill for dinner in the mobile kitchens of X at the La Brea fire camp, an instant camp of more than 5,000 firefighters, staff, and contractors with mobile offices, showers, dining, medical care, fueling, and chainsaw sharpening. Supporting a wildland firefighting operation includes feeding firefighters who can expend more than 6000 kcal/day.
Hundreds of steaks grill for dinner in the mobile kitchens of X at the La Brea fire camp, an instant camp of more than 5,000 firefighters, staff, and contractors with mobile offices, showers, dining, medical care, fueling, and chainsaw sharpening. Supporting a wildland firefighting operation includes feeding firefighters who can expend more than 6000 kcal/day.