It’s that time of year!
Ryan and I both just wrapped up a stint on the Wolf Fire, a roughly-10,000 acre forest fire down on his district.
While I was (luckily) able to get right back to my normal life — working 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. at my day job, teaching (and taking) yoga classes at my studio, making healthy dinners away from fire camp, train running and hiking with Ochi — after I demobilized, Ryan actually hopped right into a fire assignment with his former Hotshot crew, Blue Ridge. He’s down in Phoenix right now working on the Wildcat fire.
My assignment on the Wolf Fire lasted for about nine days. This is my fourth season working as a Public Information Officer (PIO) on wildfires, and while I’ve worked as a PIO on about a dozen wildfires at this point in my career — everything from a Complex wildfire to a Type 3 wildfire to initial attack! — this fire assignment was pretty cool for a few reasons.










