Terry, Lynn (09 August 2013). Local crews busy in Oregon with new fires, with lightning in Forecast. Oregon Live.  Web. 10 December 2015. http://www.oregonlive.com/pacific-northwest-news/index.ssf/2013/08/post_132.html

The summer of 2013 was my first experience actually fighting wildfires.  I fought fire on a type 2 initial attack hand crew for the United States Forest Service in the small town of John Day, Oregon.  On my first tour, we went to Southern Oregon to fight the Labrador Fire, but ultimately were not able to directly attack the fire due to an inversion over the area.  Although that fire was an overall bust for us, we were able to fight a few smaller fires, one of which was on private land, so we completed initial attack with an Oregon Department of Forestry crew.  Before we fought the fire, we talked about fire behavior; topography, weather, and fuels.  The topography had a slope of about 70%, with a north aspect.  The weather was fairly mild due to it being roughly 20:00 hours, with no precipitation, and low relative humidity.  The fuels were a mix of heavy dead and down with burning snags and short grasses, the fuel moisture was low, with high continuity.  For this assignment, I was sent off with my squad, as a leader, which allowed me to think critically about how to effectively attack the fire.  To do this, I thought about the fire combustion triangle and decided to eliminate the fuel aspect of the triangle by digging a hand line and then holding the line.  After this, my crew left the fire and let the ODF crew watch for the night.