biggles
My hat comes off to anyone who can remember any part of that excellent advice
I don't think I have it memorized but I do know the basics. It is better to at least read some ideas than be faced with the situation unprepared. For some it is our bread and butter....a vast majority of my time is spent 50 feet above the forest...then add fire and one has to have a plan for the worst case scenario. I discuss it with my crew probably every couple of months.
This was the recent, (last week), 8,000 acre jack pine crowning fire in Michigan where we lost a bunch of homes, as you can see---nowhere good to go if the engine quits---I am headed to the trees:
