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If anyone can come up with a source for the flat bristles, I’d be more than happy to template my friends broom and make a few. The bristles were about 1/16″ to 3/32″ thick, and were 1/8-3/32″ wide. They almost…   Read more»

The fire brooms work very well, until they loose their bristles. A friend who is a professional firefighter showed me a couple brooms today that have mechanically held bristles that are replaceable. The bummer was that he made them because…   Read more»

The fire brooms work very well, until they loose their bristles. A friend who is a professional firefighter showed me a couple brooms today that have mechanically held bristles that are replaceable. The bummer was that he made them because…   Read more»

I lived in So Cal for 11 years, and every October, the Santa Ana winds pick up hot and dry… it’s amazing how quickly a fire moves in dry grass and anything else dry… for those who fought it yesterday,…   Read more»

I just looked at Craigs list, is this what is has been sugested?http://denver.craigslist.org/grd/1457155530.htmlhttp://denver.craigslist.org/grd/1455943877.htmlhttp://denver.craigslist.org/for/1455305794.html

I feel partly responsible for at least the extent of the fire. I would like to apologize for not being there earlier. I won’t offer any type of excuses because the reason doesn’t seem as important now, and it won’t…   Read more»

Here’s an idea of the size of the burn area, for those who weren’t there:

I was surprised to find that the most effective tool was the broom. That knocked the fire front right out along the edges of the burn. Toward the end someone was using water from one of the extinguishers and I…   Read more»

Several items. One, I am a trained wildland firefighter and was on Indian Peaks Volunteer Fire Department for 8 years. You guys did what you could with the tools that you had. Brushing the edge of the fire-front is key….   Read more»

I can’t say anything because I wasn’t there, but I had no idea that a fire unit had to be called out. Was this the worse we’ve ever had? I had no idea it was so far out. I’m glad…   Read more»

I have a few things to throw in. We were not ready for this in mentality and that is what I think got us.1) In this situation, I feel spotters would have been very helpful. As we know, it took…   Read more»

yeah, i saw those new blankets under the launch pads. I mean we would use the canvas to extinguish fires. 2 guys could grab the guide lines, drag the tarp over the fire, hence suffociateing the fire, and if it…   Read more»

All opinions and insights welcomed & No blame/flame throwing allowed. I would have to say that in spite of the almost immediate response to the situation, the fire was faster than we were, and it could have been a lot…   Read more»

Canvas under pads was used successfully in model rocketry way back in the very late 50’s when it began. That’s a good suggestion for pad fires.

Hi everyone,I’ve been thinking about fire fighting tools. I’m sure many of you have see those old canvas hunting tents. So if we had a piece of this canvas, even 12′ by 12′, with 10′ drag lines on four corners….   Read more»

Very correct. I think we were lulled into a bit of complacency after we had gone so many years without an issue. In retrospect, we’ve lived a bit of a charmed life.In the future, we ALL need to be firemen…   Read more»

Mike, I know I speak for all the local vendors when I say we appreciate everyone’s support very much! We are one of the few clubs that could take a rocket pretty much from concept to recovery using all in-house…   Read more»

Good idea Mike.Here is more links.http://www.missileworks.com/http://www.featherweightaltimeters.com/http://www.alphahybrids.com/Also, don’t worry about those Growler Monkeys…. We have the usual Barking Spyders and Moose running around too. It’s a wyld world ya know. One tip, wash the beans, it takes most of the bacteria…   Read more»

I have 3 current future projects in the works.http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/Q9vPISLbTWeKeBu7JAzMoQ?feat=directlinkAll 3 are scratch built.Finally getting my 3x Estes YellowJacket done.http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/QfFvaRPCqQ9Ev3tqNjz4JQ?feat=directlinkThe large one is an upgrade from my original L2 project from 1999-Shredder. This…[Read more]

With all the sugar motors I did, I had the NASA style launch. They burned for a second or two with great smoke, then suddenly built up thrust and came off of the pad. Really built up a good roar…   Read more»