Ok DU, I've been given permission by my station Captain to post on this site,

[nadinbrzezinski]

44. What paper do you work for

and have you won awards? And if you go to a man down at a well, do you have enough knowledge to ask about atmospherics?

Now I am going to call you on your BS.

I will answer myself

I have won awards from the local press club and work for the East County Magazine in San Diego, and when we went to a man down in Potrero, we did ask questions on both the atmospherics, and whether they used a 3:1 advantage or 4:1 advantage and did get that answered by a CAL-FIRE battalion Chief

Congrats, if the poster does not want to reveal that private information as per department, station and all that, he is free to do that. Those of us who have DONE THE JOB and know the call volume even for San Diego's MVU unit, as well as Heartland Fire and SDFD, together with Chula Vista and National City. sorry rarely listen to NORCOM, know that you are not doing a Public Records m'kay.

Now perhaps you should learn how this place works before jumping on people's throats!

And recently taught at a Training Workshop at San Diego State on precisely wildland fire coverage.

One last thing from that training. Local PIO for CAL FIRE did emphasize the need for reporters in the field to wear safety equipment and so did we. We also emphasized a modified line from my years in EMS. "NO PHOTO is worth your life. Your priority is you, your partner your gear, your story. The first three in the chain are broken, no story."

The OP might recognize that from his Paramedic school, since it is is a modified common training paramedic saying.