Backdraftf20

i didnt know that lol its hard keeping up with everything oh and one thing i forgot to add MOST of there engines are pump and roll meaning that they can pump and drive because the pump is not working off of the drive shaft. some front mount pumps can do that but they work off of the gear box and well front mount pumpers are a dieing breed one of the departments im on has one but its from the 80's i think.

so your question on USFS operations and vehicals used and ground operations. USFS has two types of engines , the larger one you had a picture of with the ywllow white and forestry service green and then a smaller engine. Larger engine- http://i.ytimg.com/vi/Fd4bYV1ibEI/maxresdefault.jpg smaller engine- http://fire-engine-photos.com.s3.amazonaws.com/29194.jpg diffrent variations for both but still same cab style. the units are numbered by district area mostly by many engines there are bfore that in order e.g Engine-01 then they by 20 more engines so the last one they bought would be Engine-21 but i can verify this info with the assistant fire officer in my area. The use the same units all over some older some newer then others. remember the USFS is fed so they keep the same modles across the board. USFS dosnt have air units besides fixed wing units and heli attacks for the smoke jumpers and heli attack fire crews. most other air tankers are private companys that have contracts with the goverment or are military cargo planes with a skid unit in the back. Hand crews are 20 man crews and range from hotshot crews to smoke jumpers to heli attack to your basic hand crew. then you have your engine crew and are staffed depending on they engine type IE type I type II type II and so on. i can give you persise crew staffing per engine type if you wish im a wildland firefighter and we have this handy dandy pocket book we have to have on us that gives us all this info so we know what to call for. Wildland fires fall under the National Interagency Fire Center and each state has its on wildland fire crew or crews ie The Ohio Interagency Fire Crew. they can be called up to go where ever in the united states to fight a fire and this falls into all states if they have the numbers to send a crew and most of the crews are actully college students, thats why there is a current manpower issue with the active fires out west because they lost alot of ther crews because the fall semester just started back up. and like somone else said wildfires are fought mostly by the hand crews and contain the fire but alas this is a game and we are limited on what we can do and change. Wildland firefighters dont always use engines to get water they also use portable pumps in creeks and ponds to hold the fire line and for mop up. The USFS does have Law Enforcement also just about ever national forest that is run bt the USFS has USFS Law enforcment officers there and they use the dodge pickup and chevy taho. your USFS tender is spot on btw. alot of units respond to forest fire not just the park service and USFS alot of states send crews and engines and tenders to assist depending on the location of the fire. if you need any more ifo on USFS shoot me a PM i know this was one long post and im sorry but i figured id share the info with everyone so we could all learn something new and for real i cant wait for this mod to come out i have been wanting a mod like this for some time now so keep at it and i am willing to donate if thats what it takes to keep this mod going!

i didnt know that but like Corsair said more USFS trucks would be nice. in the fairfax mod the USFS has a tanker. that would be a nice thing to have lol western US yes or a made up place. the idea is that most of the map is forest with maybe a small down someplace on it but i could just be saying this for nothing considering someone is already working on a mod like this.

So i have this idea for a USFS Mod. I am no modder by any chance i have tryed modding and just doing things eludes me, im more of a player then a maker. basiclly the idea is that its a forest map with dirt/gravel roads and a few pavement roads or highways. calls range from arson to lightining strike. Have a gas station or two a USFS HQ and some county fire units that can respond to MVAs or assist USFS on fires. I would like to see if there is any intrest in this at all with modders and players if so then we will go from there and if your a modder or a modding team and like this idea drop me a PM.

i did the -edit thing but it says invalid soo any ideas guys?

actully where can you find that patch i tryed Narcos light pack but that didnt work so any info on fixing this issue would be great, There was a fix that The Boston Mod Guys had but it was on there facebook page and well there page aint there no more.