Monthly Archives: August 2025
Women Skill Day
This is one of my favorite training days of the year. Women in the Fire Service Skills Day launched in 2024, ran again in 2025, and the momentum suggests it’ll keep going. 2025 Event — At a Glance Date & place: April 26, 2025 — Boulder Fire Training CenterParticipants: 45 firefighters from Colorado & WyomingFocus:…
Gifford Fire Deployment — CA (Task Force Ops)
Deployed on a BMFPD Type 6 as part of a task force. WUI structure prep/defense, cold-trailing and mop-up, pump ops and water shuttle on dozer lines, property prep. 16-hour shifts, base-camp living, and coastal wind shifts required constant pivots across divisions. Incident snapshot The Gifford Fire started Aug 1, 2025. We arrived the morning of…