Wildland Fire Fighters Helitack: GoPro

In 2014 Canada's Northwest Territories had one of its driest summers of recent history. Three-hundred and eighty-five fires burned over 3.3 million hectares of forest. Forest Fire Fighters from across Canada and Alaska were called in for support. In July 2014, Ontario sent its first Fire Rangers. Crew 2218 from Sudbury, Ontario was assigned to fire ZF-017. The fire was approximately 100 km northwest of Yellowknife and covered over 250,000 hectares when the Fire Rangers first got to its flank. It would grow to over 500,000 hectares.
Crew 2218 Fire Rangers;
Crew Leader: Mike Heroux
Crew Boss: Al Albert
Crew Member: Connor Hammill
Crew Member: Zachary Dodds
Videos and photos were captured on a GoPro Hero3 and a Canon 70d DSLR (18-135mm lens).
Song: Run Boy Run - Woodkid (Original) and Instrumental Version .. please don't sue me, thanks.
Gardes Feu.

[@FakeID10]

Frigging Alain Albert! I fought fire with him in BC in 2007

[@Murraymilburn1]

I was in Pickle Lake for 1992 and 1993 fire seasons. Bracebridge Fire 1981-1989. Love me a good circus! Great video, thanks, we need more of them!

[@braedenpelland1676]

Some truly epic shots! Great work!!

[@HeliNomadic]

Well made. Thanks for coming to help us out.

[@brettg1250]

great vid dodds, nice editing bud

[@rosco1peco]

awesome video. Fighting fire in NWT was a great experience, it was amazing to see how big project fires can get.

[@Murraymilburn1]

I share this every year since I found it. I was Ontario MNR fire 1981 - 1993

[@hutchison5998]

Murray Milburn what’s the salary for this type of work if you don’t mind me asking

[@longboardoriginal41]

@@hutchison5998$16.50 TO $20.00 an hr plus allowances for an intial attack. depends where you work

[@pepis56]

Hey Murray I did fire in Ontario from 1980-2013

[@dannypalmer7701]

All my Family were Wildland Firefighters from Oklahoma! Caddo County! 👍😃

[@brokensimulations]

What did you use to create this? GoPro studio?

[@dannypalmer7701]

Lifes great!😂

[@sleightofhansen1]

Looks familiar.

[@CrazyFunnyCats]

Great video
Go help fort mac 👍
Some humans start fires for jobs 😞

[@dannypalmer7701]

We were Native Wildland from Oklahoma! 😂

[@bethcrittenden2076]

Zachary - would it be possible to use some of your unedited video from this in a training program for firefighters? if so, please email me at [e-mail]