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Pine Pond Fire

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Unit Information

Texas A&M Forest Service 
Texas 
College Station, 
Texas 
77845 
Texas A&M Forest Service 
Texas 
College Station, 
Texas 
77845 

Incident Contacts

  • Walter Flocke
    Email:
    walter.flocke@tfs.tamu.edu
    Phone:
    346-345-9746

Photographs Gallery

Fire engine fills water tank on August 13
Red fire truck backed up to a red, square water tank. Engine is spraying water into the tank to fill it up.
Red fire truck backed up to a red, square water tank. Engine is spraying water into the tank to fill it up.
Fire engine fills water tank on August 13

Heart of Pines Volunteer Fire Department Engine operator refills tank with water to support suppression efforts on August 13, 2022.

Jackson Hotshot cooling hotspot on August 13
A firefighter with yellow shirt, green pants and hard hat stands on burned black ground and is surrounded by trees. Firefighter holds a hose over their shoulder and sprays water across the ground.
A firefighter with yellow shirt, green pants and hard hat stands on burned black ground and is surrounded by trees. Firefighter holds a hose over their shoulder and sprays water across the ground.
Jackson Hotshot cooling hotspot on August 13

Jackson IHC firefighter cools hotspots with water hose on August 13, 2022

Extreme fire behavior on August 11
Black, burned land in foreground. Long arm of orange flame extends up and above tree tops. Orange flames burned along the ground below trees.
Black, burned land in foreground. Long arm of orange flame extends up and above tree tops. Orange flames burned along the ground below trees.
Extreme fire behavior on August 11

Extreme fire behavior from single tree torching on August 11th. Photo Credit: Chad Briggs Engine Boss on Texas A&M Engine 9630 (Employed by Virginia Department of Forestry)

AZ-KNF Crew 7-1 clears vegetation August 13
1 firefighter uses a chainsaw to cut small brush and vegetation while another fire fighter pulls the cut vegetation out of the way.
1 firefighter uses a chainsaw to cut small brush and vegetation while another fire fighter pulls the cut vegetation out of the way.
AZ-KNF Crew 7-1 clears vegetation August 13

Firefighters from AZ-KNF Crew 7-1 use a chainsaw to cut and remove vegetation to clear a path for fire access on August 13, 2022

Fire behavior on August 11
White and grey smoke rises from the ground and up through the trees against a cloudy, blue sky. Dry grass covers the foreground. Single firefighter stand at fire's edge as flames rise up from the ground. 2 Engines are parked at the edge of the smoke.
White and grey smoke rises from the ground and up through the trees against a cloudy, blue sky. Dry grass covers the foreground. Single firefighter stand at fire's edge as flames rise up from the ground. 2 Engines are parked at the edge of the smoke.
Fire behavior on August 11

Fire moves across landscape while firefighters engage on foot and with engines. Photo Credit: Chad Briggs Engine Boss on Texas A&M Engine 9630 (Employed by Virginia Department of Forestry)

Texas A&M Engine 9630 Extinguish Hotspot August 13
3 male firefighters with yellow shirts and green pants work around a fire engine with red and yellow stripes on the back. Firefighter pulls fire hose through wire fence to put water on fire creeping underneath a tree.
3 male firefighters with yellow shirts and green pants work around a fire engine with red and yellow stripes on the back. Firefighter pulls fire hose through wire fence to put water on fire creeping underneath a tree.
Texas A&M Engine 9630 Extinguish Hotspot August 13

Firefighters on Texas A&M Engine 9630 run their hose out to vegetation that has active fire at the base. Photo taken on August 13, 2022

Dozers build containment line on August 13
1 yellow piece of heavy equipment called a dozer works to scrape and push all vegetation away from a hotspot. Hotspot is a long gray strip of gray ash that used to be a downed log.
1 yellow piece of heavy equipment called a dozer works to scrape and push all vegetation away from a hotspot. Hotspot is a long gray strip of gray ash that used to be a downed log.
Dozers build containment line on August 13

Dozers scrape the ground of vegetation to prevent further spread from a hotspot. Hotspot is a single downed tree that has been reduced to mostly ash. Photo taken August 13, 2022

Large Air Tanker flying over the Pine Pond Fire
Large air tanker flying over the Pine Pond Fire to prepare to drop retardant on the edge of the fire perimeter.
Large air tanker flying over the Pine Pond Fire to prepare to drop retardant on the edge of the fire perimeter.
Large Air Tanker flying over the Pine Pond Fire

Large air tanker flying over the Pine Pond Fire to prepare to drop retardant on the edge of the fire perimeter.

DC 10 Air Tanker flying overhead
The Very Large Air Tanker (VLAT) is returning to the retardant base to fill and return.
The Very Large Air Tanker (VLAT) is returning to the retardant base to fill and return.
DC 10 Air Tanker flying overhead

The Very Large Air Tanker (VLAT) is returning to the retardant base to fill and return.

Smoke from the Pine Pond Fire in the tree line
Smoke from the Pine Pond Fire in the tree line
Smoke from the Pine Pond Fire in the tree line
Smoke from the Pine Pond Fire in the tree line

Smoke from the Pine Pond Fire in the tree line

Fire smoldering along Old Antioch Road
Smoke showing from vegetation that is still holding heat along the roadside
Smoke showing from vegetation that is still holding heat along the roadside
Fire smoldering along Old Antioch Road

Smoke showing from vegetation that is still holding heat along the roadside

Smoke from the Pine Pond Fire
Vegetation inside the perimeter produces heavy smoke during the afternoon
Vegetation inside the perimeter produces heavy smoke during the afternoon
Smoke from the Pine Pond Fire

Vegetation inside the perimeter produces heavy smoke during the afternoon

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