Watch Fairbanks State Forestry , Wildland Fire Initial Attack Dozer Operations Group - Stoneboy in New Channel | Channify

Career fireman Dean Seibold , red carded Dozer Boss was working for Alaska State Forestry in Fairbanks as initial attack Dozer operator for the 2013 fire season with Stoneboy Support Service's Dozer Operations Group. This compilation was from his initial attack response and extended attack to the Stuart Ck.II fire in support of BLM Alaska Fire Service. Dean spent 30 days operating up to 16 hours per day racking up over 500 hours Operating time in support of Three different type I overhead teams ending with the Alaska Team that finally was able to catch the fire that threatened the military training complex of Eielson AFB and the private residences on the Chena Hot springs Rd area. He worked through most divisions on the fire spiking out along the fire but couldn't show film of some of the classified areas that he protected with Dozer lines early in the operation.