BumpiestMusic

I've been working for Cal Fire for just under 10 years, which seasons did you work? Maybe we were on a few of the bigger fires together.

In your opinion, which inmate crews throughout the state had the best reputations? Which ones had the worst?

Interesting! I've always had a good experience working with inmate crews. I work up in the Northern units and worked helitack for a few years so we would crew shuttle them into remote areas often. There's always one or two lazy guys but the other crew members would keep them in check pretty well. They always wanted to do a good job and were proud of the work they did, just like the other firefighters on the line.

How was working grade (as they call it up here, not sure about down there)? Did you have captains that got in and cut with you guys or were any of them fairly lazy? I've seen both so I'm curious about your experience.

Sounds like a typical helitack captain but I've never worked for anyone with those initials. Sounds like a fun guy to work for though!