Chichester forest fire

Engine and Forestry 7 were dispatched to a forest fire in the town of Chichester on May 9th. Once we arrived on scene Capt Whitney made the decision to do a "garden stretch" up and over the embankment and into the woods. A 1 3/4" preconnect was carried into the woods while a 2 1/2' was stretcthed to the top of the embankment (which was no easy task). The old addage is "Little fire little water, big fire big water". Guys were having to do a double take at the site of a 2 1/2" going up that hill. Our quadrant of the fire had about a 1" layer of foam over it and there was no chance of a rekindle.