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This is the first of a series of unedited excerpts from communications between firefighters.

“Fatigue and lack of resources are compromising control objectives, Unstaffed fires continue to grow, Multiple fires MINIMAL STAFFING with evacuations in place or imminent, lack of adequate resources, Containment as opposed to control, Fires have been prematurely placed in patrol status in order to contain other unmanaged incidents”, Poor access and limited equipment available., Heavy resource draw down is leaving 2/3 of the fires unstaffed”.

“A number of fires are located in remote areas with steep terrain and limited, or no access. We continue to concentrate on fires that have “Everyone needs to step back, take a deep breath, drink some water, orientate yourself, where’s the Fire?, where’s your team?, eat something, possibly get some rest, now whats the plan? And how are you going to safely accomplish it? Go Do it.”

"... been initially attacked versus those fires which have not been attacked, and choosing winnable initial attack, or extended attack actions.”