Hoser, are the new systems much better than the old ones?
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Hoser, are the new systems much better than the old ones?
Just to let everyone know, and I have a bit of knowledge in this- currently, I believe, we have a Type II or III federal incident management team orchestrating all the efforts for this fire up near Ft. Collins. Their logistics officer is in charge of asking for resources and what the Feds decide to allocate for the efforts are what they use. There are two types of fire fighting resources to use: Private, and public. They can both be used either independently or combined depending on the fire, the situation, and the seriousness.
Remember, fighting a fire involves a lot of bureaucracy the higher level of FIM team involved. They have to follow SOP and file requests with their higher ups. They get what is available and able to be deployed. With all the activity around the country and this time of year I'll bet a lot of resources are tasked out and they have to try and figure out what goes where. It's a very complicated matter.
Having just come from there, I can tell you there is a Type I management team on the ground.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ronin13
I think Hick could have / should have (and maybe he did) made some calls / pleas for those planes regardless of if all private / commercial assets were not used up, given the situation here.
Actually, Marty, he was making the request as early as Sat. evening, Sun. morning.
What Hoser knows, but many probably do not is, the Governor does not have any control over the Air Force Reserves. They are a federal entity, unlike the National Guard, which is a state entity. The Colorado Air National Guard doesn't have any C-130 assets, just fighter planes. So, the Governor couldn't just "call up" the assets, like he did my unit.
You were on Fox news this morning. Taped from yesterday they said.Quote:
Originally Posted by Hoser