Jarhead Fire - May 2011
Big Cypress National Preserve
Ochopee, Florida
The National Park Service requested the TWR type 6 engine to respond to the BCP in southern Florida to help with the suppression efforts on the Jarhead Fire. TWR sent a 3 person crew with the engine to the fire. Click on the video links below to see the engine crew work with other engines and a Hotshot Crew perform a burnout operation to keep the main fire from crossing the highway and getting into the Everglades N.P.
Honey Prarie Fire - June 2011
Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge
Folkston, Georgia
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service requested the TWR type 6 engine to respond to the Okefenokee N.W.R. in southern Georgia to help with the suppression efforts on the Honey Prarie Fire. TWR sent a 3 person crew with the engine to the fire. Click on the video links below to see the engine crew work with other engines perform a burnout operation to keep the main fire from crossing the fire breaks.
Lateral West Fire - August 2011
Great Dismal Swamp
National Wildlife Refuge
Suffolk, Virginia
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service requested the TWR type 6 engine to respond to the Dismal Swamp N.W.R. in Eastern Virginia to help with the suppression efforts on the Lateral West Fire. TWR sent a 3 person crew with the engine to the fire.
