Sugar Pine Fire Troop - CZU Complex wildfire

my coverage from the wildfires today, with a focus on an inmate fire troop from Sugar Pine. #CZULightningComplex #SantaCruzFire #firefighters #BoulderCreek #CZUAugustLightingComplex
A few notable facts from this film
Sign up for service and they only have to do 1/3 of their time
Sugar Pine - Troop 6 -2 - 9 - Anything else is an imitation
$1 an hour for inmate firefighters compared to average 90k for typical CA firefighter
Man interviewed owns 1000 acres. Says he had one bad day and ended up here
Nobody has been sentenced to more then 5 years
Have to go through a review with the board and be deemed non-violent
Susanville conservation camp - sugar pine Bella vista - out of Redding
Motto is second to none
They make signs, laser engravings
They actually sleep in the field, pretty close to the fire to stay warm at night
They saved the Girl Scout camp but got trapped in during the fire fight as the road got burned out, they had to wait for a bulldozer
Major danger is the falling trees
These guys have been working for 60 hours