Devon, Acrylic on Paper, 2014 I did this in February of 2014. It’s from a photo of a friend on a fire in Utah. I don’t remember if I ever intended on giving it to him, but at some point he saw it and wanted

I am a Helitack Superintendent for the US Forest Service.  Basically I am in charge of a firefighting Helicopter Crew.  We travel all of the country dighting forest fires.

This helicopter is not really playing peek-a-boo, but we can pretend it is :) It's actually bringing a bucket of water to dump on a fire. We just happened to have a great vantage point above the area that

This is a friend and coworker of mine during the State Fire on the Utah/Idaho border back in 2013. There had been several spots over the line and we were scrambling to catch them. He was cool and collected.

This was the Normandy Road fire that burned over 2,000 acres over the course of two nights and one day. I managed to stay awake most of the night, largely to take photos of the ops and at one point to

We like to pick on helitack because they often sit around waiting for perfect flying weather. But when they do work, they work pretty damn hard...

Down here in Florida, we plows 'em out!

My fire boots had seen better days. I'm calling it "#travelphotography" since they are well traveled ;)

When you fight fire, you learn to sleep anywhere. The edge of the Grand Canyon is no exception.

Skycrane Helicopter fitted with a suction hose to suck up water while hovering. Taken near Kendrick Peak, AZ.

Happy New Year everyone! Steem on! This is not what most pile burns look like, most are done in much drier weather (at least not in snow). But it was fun to watch how these blow out the tops and burn despite

There are two different kinds of prescribed burns. One is a pile burn, which I will show you later. The other is a broadcast or acreage burn like this one.

This was taken just before the fire blew up from 1/4 acre to almost 80. We quickly pulled back from the fight and reassessed the situation. I actually got my hair burned a bit running from this one! Big

This is how we fight fire in the Everglades. It is not actually as cool or as functional as it looks. They are actually quite bumpy and don't hold much water. There's no substitute for a good tractor plow

Self portrait of me spinning weather for a prescribed burn. Every hour on the hour.... 12 times! I was so bored and exhausted of doing it by the end of the day. But hey, at least I helped keep us safe

Burnin' Fire on the Mountain

Just a few pics from my first day on the fire.