Fighting wildfire fire in Alberta, NAIT style

This is what a few thousand feet of hose look like

Today I had a pretty good day learning about wildfire fighting and all the things our government is doing in fighting wildfires. Then, I got to actually run through the bush with the hose.

Our team definitely faced some challenges getting set up as one of our crew got lost in the bush for half-an-hour (me) while the rest of the crew worked on trying to get a broken water pump to work.

But, after the lost crew member (me) found their way back to the pump and we switched the pump for a new one, we were off to the races.

In a matter if minutes we seemed to have this system going that worked really well for us and in no time flat we had laid out 2000 feet of hose, the first and only crew to do so. It was the teamwork and communication that helped us reach the goal so quickly and efficiently.

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