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Hippy Ridge Fire

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Unit Information

Texas A&M Forest Service 
Texas 
College Station, 
Texas 
77845 
Texas A&M Forest Service 
Texas 
College Station, 
Texas 
77845 

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Fire burning from road
A burnout where fire was lit along county road 3855 to stop the fire inside the county road from coming out towards the structures
A burnout where fire was lit along county road 3855 to stop the fire inside the county road from coming out towards the structures
Fire burning from road

Fire moving away from road into the burn area.

Seats Dropping on Hippy Ridge Fire
A Seat dropping water on the advancing head of the fire
A Seat dropping water on the advancing head of the fire
Seats Dropping on Hippy Ridge Fire

Seat dropping water to slow down the head of Hippy Ridge FIre

Hippy Ridge Burnout
Texas A&M Forest Service firefighter burns off a road using a drip torch. We do this to remove unburned fuel in front of the fire.
Texas A&M Forest Service firefighter burns off a road using a drip torch. We do this to remove unburned fuel in front of the fire.
Hippy Ridge Burnout

Texas A&M Forest Service firefighter burns off a road.

Hippy Ridge Burnout
Texas A&M Forest Service firefighter burns off a road.
Texas A&M Forest Service firefighter burns off a road.
Hippy Ridge Burnout

Texas A&M Forest Service firefighter burns off a road.

Hippy Ridge Helicopter
A Type 1 Helo, or very large helicopter, flies over the smoke plume of the Hippy Ridge fire. Large aircraft like this are utilized to drop large amounts of water on specific points or areas.
A Type 1 Helo, or very large helicopter, flies over the smoke plume of the Hippy Ridge fire. Large aircraft like this are utilized to drop large amounts of water on specific points or areas.
Hippy Ridge Helicopter

A Type 1 Helicopter flies over Hippy Ridge fire.

Hippy Ridge Burnout
Texas A&M Forest Service firefighter burns off a road using a drip torch. We do this to remove unburned fuel in front of the fire.
Texas A&M Forest Service firefighter burns off a road using a drip torch. We do this to remove unburned fuel in front of the fire.
Hippy Ridge Burnout

Texas A&M Forest Service firefighter burns off a road.

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