Emergency Service
Wildfire Over Boise Mountains
July 15, 2013 
Single engine air tanker–SEAT– is dwarfed by fire cloud over Boise.
A wildfire is being aggressively attacked by Boise National Forest crews 15 miles north east of Boise and about 4 miles east of Bogus Basin Monday evening. The smoke is topped out by a self generated storm cloud visible throughout the valley.
Forest service spokesman tells the GUARDIAN more than 40 firefighters are on the ground being assisted by aerial tankers, helicopters, and 5 fire engines.
Storm cloud tops forest fire smoke.
KTVB.COM is leading the pack with visual coverage as of 6:45 p.m. with both viewer generated images and staff views including flames. Statesman has a shot from Bogus Basin Road.
WHAT A DIFFERENCE A DAY MAKES
Tuesday morning had Boise smothered in smoke and ash from the fire.
RECENT OVERVIEW FROM CAMPGROUND NEAR BOGUS BASIN
Overview of the Pine Creek fire from Bogus Basin area shows mosaic burn pattern and source of valley smoke.
–JACOB MERRILL
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Comments & Discussion
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Jul 16, 2013, 10:38 am
Seems to be the norm around here in the summers.
Jul 16, 2013, 11:49 am
I realize this has nothing to do with the subject of the thread, but in the picture, that new business building on the Boise State campus sure looks nice.
Jul 16, 2013, 4:13 pm
“Single Engine Air Tanker – SEAT”
Did you make that up, or is there a Department of Acronyms – highly-paid bureaucrats who think up the acronym, and then decide what it means?
That SEAT acronym could be confusing – what if the boss says, “Take a seat”?
Thank goodness the BIFC coordinates efforts so the SEATs and HATs (heavy air tankers) work together safely and efficiently!
But I propose that the Boise Interagency Fire Center be renamed the Boise Office of Fire Fighting Operations (BOFFO).
(I think I’d be a good fit in the Acronym Bureau Cooperative (ABC)). (Yeah, I know – “Don’t quit the day job.”)
EDITOR NOTE–Not to steal anyone else’s thunder, but here are some ideas:
ARM…aerial resource management
LEG…logistical energy group
FOOT…field order observer technician
Jul 16, 2013, 5:14 pm
Great contrast shots David. They really drive home how this impacts the valley.
Jul 16, 2013, 7:14 pm
Got up early today in order to go for a walk before it got too hot–location Northend. The auir was smoky and I wondered where the fire was. Later at the Coop someone told me the fire was at or near Grimes Creek. By noon smoke in the air around the northend was about gone. Later, coming back into town from Fred Myers on Orchard, I saw that huge cumulus cloud. Thought it was about the thunderstorm we are supposed to get tonight. Glad the fire is gone.
Jul 18, 2013, 9:12 am
The sooner everyone realizes that fire is a natural part of the ecosystem and it serves to renew the area the better. People who choose to build a home in areas without adequate fire protection and defensible areas around them deserve what they get when fire season is here. Same goes for weed infested vacant lots and properties in town.
Let it burn and reduce the accumulated fuels that have built up over time in fire prone areas. I hate the controlled burns each spring but it is better than an uncontrolled wild fire. It will all burn sooner or later.
Jul 19, 2013, 8:46 am
We need a Forest Analysis Report Team!