Well it didn't take a week for me to make a name for myself. I am now known to the Forest service as 'The Guy Who Took the Gate'.
Monday during my first call there was a wild land fire climbing a ridge line towards a row of houses. Patrice and I were riding with the chief so we circled up to see what we could do to protect the houses. There was this one house that the fire was headed towards but there was a chain link fence with automatic openers on the fence. I jumped out of the chiefs car went to see if i could get it open, I could get through but i couldn't get it open so the chief said to just push.
Well i just leaned into it and with the amazing power of leverage I managed to bend both of the gates back far enough to get the trucks through. When I did this I did quite a number on the support posts and really effed up the fence.
Luckily the trucks have camcorders on the dash and It has me checking to see if i can get it open and the chief telling me to take the gate.
Apparently during overhaul the home owners got home and were PISSED OFF. The forest service really got their ass chewed out and we had already left the scene.
Today Patrice, Jake and I went down to the forest service HQ and I walked in and 3 people came up to me and once introduced asked if i was the one that took the gate.
And with that A Legend Is Born.
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