What should I do in the Forest Fire-mission? Some good guidelines, please.
The Forest Fire Mission is a difficult one for many. The trick is to utilize your resources effectively and with the new changes in 1.7, it has become much easier. When the fire first starts, you have a fire in the south portion of the map burning in 3 directions.
The goal for the main body of the fire is to keep it east of the street and south of the dirt road.
Using motor officers, since they are the fastest and easiest to get through traffic, immediately shut down all streets so you dont have to worry about civilian car traffic. Just block all entry points with their bikes and forget about them until later.
Next, deploy strike teams of Engines to the west road and line them up so they can cover that flank of the fire. Also keep one or two engines free for spot fires in that area in case it jumps.
After that, you'll find a fork in the dirt road in the north area. I usually use that for staging and start sending engines out along the left and right branches. Just line them up and start hitting it hard. Don't just let the firefighters stand by the engine, but move them into the brush. You'll find they quickly create a buffer zone between the road and the fire.
I use my Air Tankers to slow the head of the fire east and north to give my units a chance to set up, clear out some trees and push into the fire.
I use my Helicopters for Helitac. These units are great for dropping off a group of firefighters with chainsaws and extinguishers to supplement my engines, especially on the east side.
Remember, once the fire hits the roads, they stop because of the natural break. Dont worry about what is already burning, just focus on the perimiter and keep it from jumping the roads. Eventually the fire in the center will burn itself out so don't waste your resources and air assets on it. Just keep hitting the edges.
Also keep a few brush patrols and usfs engines available for other fires that break out in the area. And calling up the national guard to come in and fell some trees near the fork in the dirt road and create other fire barriers is never a bad idea either.
Just remember, you have 4 divisions on the fire.
Division A - Left flank/Road
- Keep the fire from jumping the road and picking up any spot fires that do
Division B - Left fork of dirt road
- Keep the fire south of the dirt road
Division C - Right fork of the dirt road
- Keep the fire South of the dirt road and slow down the spread as much as possible
Structure protection Group - Rest of the map
- Keep patrols and engines spread out in case of additional fires or spread.
Get ahead of the fire, stay ahead of the fire, make your stand and do not let it cross the roads.
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