Fire Country S03 E08
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00:00previously on fire country have you heard of fire educated community hey
00:04you're the Edwards kid that chose the badge over the ranch this life that I'm
00:09building I want it with you I'm not ready for that I have to figure myself
00:14out first promise me that you're taking care of yourself Gabrielle if you were
00:19to ask my family my dad had his heatstroke picking up my slack on the
00:25ranch that day that's weird now living in the same town we're not speaking I
00:31know what I said we can't end like this I want our family back I'm just not
00:38ready yet
00:40look at us two inmates turned graduates look at you what it's a nice dress can
00:49you believe that we were just here at this bar and I said I love you
00:54we had good times
01:11I know he hurt you baby but you won't come clean
01:18they say time heals all but the pain runs way too deep kidding me come on
01:35kick to the keypad you see the trick for me
01:40I'm guessing that wasn't really just over a cup of soup
01:47where'd you request that parole hearing that's great
01:52isn't that done deal don't you have someplace you gotta be like your first
02:01official day of 42 I want to stop here first so I owe you a big thank you
02:16you want to thank me bury your old self and don't look back because I don't ever
02:25want to see you back in orange
02:29copy you copy
02:35you
02:47hey hey so about the other night we were a safe space on a bad day yeah yeah
02:57truly truly awful day that can't happen again think everybody makes mistakes
03:06yes we did and we are so much better as friends
03:12uh obviously we have to tell Bodhi
03:17I'm not in the habit of telling an ex that I slept with someone else
03:22Bodhi's a brother to me that's between you two yes but you two are we were I am single and I
03:32washed down a bad day with sex okay hooking up with my best friend's ex is something I don't
03:38want to be doing no no no do not put an ounce of shame onto two friends that made a human mistake
03:45a mistake no a mistake is sleeping with a stranger but this this this is different
03:52are you forgetting that before I was with Bodhi I was with you oh I'm not forgetting anything
03:59I lost Cara then I lost Jen and that other night is how I know I lost myself for a minute
04:08sleeping with me is how you know you lost yourself
04:11Gabs it's not about you like I slept on my integrity when we chose to do what we did in my
04:17truck I'm just trying to own it
04:28do what you need to do I'm good
04:40hey
04:50neighbor oh I hope you keep a tidy locker take a guess oh is that your personal teddy or
05:00you guys bring them on calls something you can give to kids if they're scared it's a good move
05:05you got a picture of your mom in there too
05:12it's of my whole family it's not from my locker
05:18it's a 42 tradition put a picture of your loved ones inside your helmet
05:24a reminder of who you're coming home to
05:25I'm not putting a picture of my cat in my helmet give it time
05:35this place is a way of giving you new family
05:40looking forward to it
05:44today is a fresh start as far as I'm concerned my past is dead and buried
05:48I'll join you there r.i.p. to the old Dr. James
05:52yeah I see it we're on it we got to get units to Cooper's Ridge like pronto
05:58Cooper's Ridge again?
05:59mm-hmm that's our new fun reality year-round fire season
06:04yeah but is there even fuel left up there to burn?
06:07who knows but it's spreading fast and it looks like it might make it to
06:10Chesham if we don't get there before it's too late
06:12I don't think we're going to get there before it's too late
06:14I don't think we're going to get there before it's too late
06:16I don't think we're going to get there before it's too late
06:18who knows but it's spreading fast and it looks like it might make it to
06:21Chesham if we don't get on it
06:23uh youse family's ranch is in Chesham?
06:26yeah and Elroy Edwards not real big on vegetation management
06:31I've been trying to get a fire break in there for years
06:34you think she could sell them on it?
06:37I don't know only one way to find out
06:39no sorry that that made that more dramatic than it needed to be
06:48I just breaking six years of cold shouldering with
06:55hey dad can I set your land on fire?
06:58I just don't think that's gonna go well
06:59except it kind of has to
07:01this burn's been put off for way too long
07:05you talking about the Edwards ranch?
07:06yeah we all know how much your family ranch means to you
07:10meant to me until my family shut me out
07:13I think it's time to pull them back in
07:14your father loves and misses you I know this
07:18Eve Chesham Valley really needs this back burn
07:22okay it's a choking point with lots of fuel
07:25if the wildfire makes it there it's
07:26all of Edgewater's in deep trouble
07:29okay all right okay
07:33how do I begin to reason with a stubborn old man?
07:37yeah
07:43right stubborn old man um start small
07:48maybe get Three Rock to cut some line before you even mention a back burn
07:51maybe Cap will let me come with you try and convince him
07:55I mean your dad always liked me when he was coaching Little League
07:58okay thanks I look I think I have to do this alone
08:02okay I'll take Three Rock with me and then I'll radio you guys when I'm ready for the burn
08:07yes yeah thank you
08:23did you smell your milk today probies?
08:27every day you put on that uniform your head has to be on a swivel
08:31every one of your senses active from the moment you pour your milk on your cereal
08:37I'm a black coffee kind of a girl
08:39this isn't training you have to look after you now pay attention to every detail
08:44smell your milk got it?
09:07let's go get that wind good thing we smelled some milk
09:18hey what are we looking at?
09:22last year took us what something like a week to get the Cooper's Ridge fire under control
09:26six days start to finish vegetation hasn't grown back
09:30yeah there shouldn't even be any fuel for these spot fires
09:34so smoke look white to you?
09:37little pockets all across the ridge you're thinking what I'm thinking?
09:43zombie fires
10:04zombie fires also known as holdover fires they can smolder underneath the ground for months at a time
10:10or even years you think they're dead but they keep coming back to life
10:14caused by excess peat in the soil
10:16there's peat all over Cooper's Ridge that's what caused this wildfire to spread
10:20so how do we kill them?
10:22well you tell me probie you're no longer in training
10:26we pray the zombie fires stay up on that ridge
10:28and we have a plan if they don't
10:30since we never know when a zombie fire is going to resurface we get everybody out of there
10:35okay I'm pairing people up Jake Gabriella you're going to go start a mandatory evacuation
10:40on Ridgeway community
10:42copy that chief
10:45is that my pass device?
10:47it's not mine
10:47I don't know there's no way I haven't moved in the last 30 seconds
10:50yeah it sneaks up on you
10:52that pass device could save your lives one day
10:55I want you two to go prep the structures on Alta Kenyatta
10:58remove the debris wet the perimeter bring a saw up there with you
11:03copy that chief
11:25hello
11:36hey Captain
11:37what's up big dog?
11:40don't worry deep down he's gonna be happy to see you
11:43man you don't know my dad
11:45you're right I don't
11:47but I do know that I would give anything to be in history right now
11:51to have my daughter want to come find me
11:54okay
11:593 Rock
12:01this ranch is uh dear to my heart
12:04so we're gonna respect it
12:06do everything by the book
12:08Manning you're gonna oversee the guys while I go talk to my dad
12:11your honor
12:11this is Chesum Nol south facing we're gonna do a four-foot scrape
12:15we're gonna cut a break in there make sure that there's no more fire coming through the valley
12:19all right
12:24so
12:37gentlemen let's show these ranchers who we really are out there
12:54oh
12:57hey daddy
13:00I know it's been a while
13:04first visit in six years
13:06you come in uniform
13:09rolling up here in that convict wagon too
13:11it's a crew carrier
13:13I'm the captain of 3 Rock
13:14I know so I interviewed with that reporter a few months back
13:19you're fire whatever it is program
13:25you even got Elijah talking about it
13:28it's called fire educated
13:30daddy I'm really proud of it
13:31so I'm throwing your weight around
13:33telling people what they can can't do with their own properties
13:37we're here to help
13:40there are some wildfires up at Cooper Ridge
13:42they're headed this way
13:44I came here to protect our ranch
13:45you forfeited your right to call it ours
13:48hey what do you need me O'Roy?
13:53hi George
13:55keep an eye on them convicts for me
13:57daddy do not call them convicts
13:59why not?
14:00they've committed crimes
14:01they were accused of crimes
14:04sometimes that always right
14:05they ain't orange
14:07shoe fits
14:10don't let them out of my sight
14:12I'm not gonna let them out of my sight
14:14I'm not gonna let them out of my sight
14:16ha
14:19okay
14:21where do you think you're going?
14:41incoming
14:44no
14:46oh
14:47who is this beauty here?
14:51hey I apologize if we overstepped
14:54I'm Manny Badas
15:00you must be one of Eve's brothers
15:02her cousin
15:03and I'm not here to answer questions
15:04I'm here to make sure none of you step out alone
15:07well today's your lucky day
15:09because that's not how we roll
15:11we do everything on the up and up
15:13all right
15:14hey don't you worry
15:15we already got our babysitter with us
15:18ain't that right mate?
15:19always do
15:21well this is my babysitter
15:27all right boys
15:29back at it
15:30come on
15:31come on
15:39how many houses are we evacuating ballpark?
15:41about 60 or so
15:43hey let's just hope that they're cooperative
15:45rig's low on water from the spot fires coming up the mountain
15:48so let's find a hydrant
15:52over there
16:10can you believe this?
16:12what's wrong with people?
16:13oh it's your first time huh?
16:15well you get the honors
16:17we really doing this?
16:18you don't respect the law
16:19you don't respect your ride
16:21hey
16:27good get the passenger side and we'll get you the hose
16:34all right let's get to work
16:42so
16:55mom drove down to stockton yesterday to make some thoroughbred trades
16:58yeah?
16:59how's she doing?
17:01she's getting old
17:03like we all are
17:05she had some gallstones removed recently
17:08those are painful
17:09why didn't anybody tell me?
17:12i i would have
17:13what?
17:14helped?
17:16yeah daddy
17:18y'all were the ones that ignored me
17:21for doing a job that little kids dream about
17:22no
17:24you chose that leone family over your own
17:27that's why we ignored you
17:34come on show you something
17:39so
18:00i didn't expect your labor to come on so quick
18:04daddy is that lucky?
18:06oh hey pretty girl
18:09i was there when she was born
18:12oh how you doing?
18:18you know when the boys wouldn't play with me lucky would
18:23she's a hard worker
18:25every cattle run
18:26reliable
18:28she's a good girl
18:32like me?
18:35well she stuck around
18:39okay
18:40it's time
18:45okay
18:52you gonna do this?
18:53i helped bring her into this world
18:57i'm gonna help her now
19:05you need to get that?
19:06no
19:07this is more important
19:16hey come in
19:20hi there
19:21are you two assigned here?
19:23yeah i'm bode this is audrey
19:26hey i'm brian
19:27i'm really hoping you can save my house
19:30i i'm prepared i got uh i got spigots i got pipes with extra water pressure
19:33i've even got some industrial hoses that the fire department gave me years back
19:38you're well prepared
19:39yeah the um fire chief said she's safe for now
19:42we um we called her the nancy sue after my mom
19:47it's a beautiful house brian
19:49my wife penny designed her
19:52she uh picked that spot there for the porch
19:55so that we could grow old together watching the sunsets
19:59but five years ago she um she got cancer
20:03and she died
20:05so sorry
20:07felt like i died too
20:09if this house burns you might as well let me burn with it
20:13i don't have it in me to start over again
20:15we'll keep your house safe i promise
20:20thank you
20:25you're a sucker for a sob story
20:29are we really supposed to make promises like that?
20:33let's just start clearing this brush
20:39eve i need status on that backburn
20:44eve copy
20:47eve what is your status?
20:51she's not answering
20:53no i don't like it
20:56okay i'll handle things here you go you get us that backburn it could save all of chesam valley
21:03hey
21:10did you get lucky?
21:34james that's some white smoke here
21:37i'm gonna call it in
21:40cooper i see firefighter 1591
21:43be advised i'm clearing chaparral up here and going in the
21:47in the ground and some strange strange smoke just burst out of it
21:50like a charcoal briquette smoldering under the ground
21:54bright white and color dissipates slowly
21:57yeah all that
22:00zombie fires
22:03they're here now
22:08here are the hoses
22:10thanks that's great
22:12i need you to evacuate the fire's starting to get closer now so it's mandatory
22:17no no the house how can i help you protect her if i have to leave
22:21look if you uh refuse to leave and we get the sheriff's office down here take you away in cuffs
22:26you're gonna be real grumpy about that
22:29tell me this isn't the last time i see the only thing i have left of my wife
22:32you promised me my word means something to me i'll do everything in my power
22:46now why would you double down on that
22:50what about you the sheriff's office gonna take you away in cuffs how'd you come up with that
22:56got him to evacuate
22:58yeah so did i
23:02look at us day one and we're already justifying the means to an end
23:09we'll be better tomorrow we're bringing home this win for brian and for us
23:16let's get this whole yard hose down
23:26yo do you mind pulling your horse back he's breathing down my neck
23:33i do mind
23:44yo enough i need room to work
23:46yeah what'd you call this work digging just as people don't want
23:50yeah it's better than getting some r&r on the back of a horse
23:54hey cool that's enough that's enough you're too much of the line here forget this guy
24:00he'll never see us as people people you killers and thieves you want to know about people
24:11my little brother shot by a criminal just like you
24:16robbed and left for dead on the streets of oakland you want to talk to me about people
24:21uh eve she told us about her cousin yeah i bet he tells you a lot
24:34airs out all our family business actually no he loves her family
24:41and i'm sorry about what happened to your brother man but the work that we're doing here
24:47we're giving back to the communities that we took from
24:52it's atonement let us do that
25:04am i right
25:11this is an order to evacuate the area is lawfully closed to public access
25:16there is a potential threat to lightning
25:22ma'am you need to leave this area now okay head to edgewater community center they have
25:26a shelter there no i i know i know but our car ran out of gas we can't move okay well
25:31then ma'am you need to leave your vehicle and find a ride to safety
25:39hey jake that family can't leave their car i think they might live out of it
25:45okay well what do you want me to do gabs call a tow truck but we got to get these people out
25:49of here look i'm gonna head towards jefferson you go and do a sweep around into the report
25:54on it cab please
25:58our whole life's in here my daughter's already lost a home in the fire a few years back
26:06i'm gonna find you some gas
26:14it all right good to see you see you brought the hose on the cavalry vince
26:23actually i came because he wasn't answering your radio yeah that was
26:27my bad chief my dad and i were delivering a fall and i had to remove my radio don't apologize
26:37yeah look i know you're not my biggest fan but this fire got nothing to do with me
26:45and it's coming the backburn on some of your grazing land would prevent some significant loss
26:52winds are high things are probably going to shift pretty quick you know it hasn't shifted
26:57in over a decade the leonies involving themselves in my family when's that gonna finally shift
27:14i think he's ever gonna come to a census
27:25nobody tells that man to cut a blade of grass on his property and i get it
27:32i know a mirror when i see one
27:44so
28:02firefighter perez concluded back on jefferson what's your status
28:08engine 1568 firefighter 1568 still working on evac for civilians on ensler
28:17come on let's hit the other side got it
28:22leone james we have new fires coming in from the east you don't have that much time please just
28:28let us use whatever time we have left to save this house we've almost got it under control
28:34bode i trust you if you think you can do it then you can stay
28:40but if this goes even an inch sideways i'm pulling both of you we can do it
28:48uh bode you sure about that
28:52sure about that
28:59nice work gentlemen got your back cap
29:09i really don't want to do this but we got to start this backburn it's funny how you think
29:14it's your decision suddenly when you're on my property your property butted up against
29:22wildland it is uniquely positioned between that fire and east side of edgewater now let me be
29:28clear you do not have my permission with respect because of the fire educated program i i don't
29:40need your permission you and your program gonna stand there and let this man do this
29:48you look me in the eye tell me that six years later my daughter only came back here to rip my
29:53heart out all over again
30:00daddy that's the right thing to do
30:081508 requesting additional resources
30:101508 requesting additional resources
30:15thank you three rock 42 will handle the backburn from here
30:22you or me
30:29great work three rocks
30:40so
30:57hey good work homie yo perez what's up oh you some gratitude brother some gratitude
31:05for what cutting line festing you better learn to keep up homie water up boy well you know what
31:12double nothing next time okay all right i'll take you up on that no no with john wayne back there
31:20yeah what he did wasn't right but me getting on him yeah i could have grown yeah but you
31:25kept it all together it's good yeah it's because of you thank you brother man i can't tell you how
31:33many times in my life i've needed someone there to save me yeah yeah well it gave me
31:37clarity i don't have to tell my kids dad's not coming home because he made another dumb mistake
31:45yeah yo no manny i didn't mean anybody it wasn't a shot at you i know man it's the truth
31:58don't ever lose sight of that
32:04that was
32:08yeah hit it hit it i got that one i got it good well suddenly i'm happy you made a promise you
32:13shouldn't talk about it come from behind wind time's up probes i'm pulling you meet at jack
32:21pine road
32:40james leone do you copy
32:46jack pine road
32:48boaty pretty sure that's an order i want to go go i know we can save you what happened to burying
32:56the old us this is me doing that how by ignoring orders putting yourself at risk seems like all
33:02that talk about our fresh start was just that talk i made a promise you didn't you should go
33:09what you think i'm gonna leave you here alone not happening
33:17so
33:26is there something you want to share with me because the owner of the smashed out sedan just
33:30ripped me a new one did you tell him he shouldn't park in front of a hydrant no i couldn't even get
33:35a word in edgewise because the guy barely had any gas in his tank couldn't even start his car not
33:40because of a broken window but because someone siphoned his gas tank that sucks bummer for him
33:49you did it didn't you and i'd do it again i know what that kid is going through hey gabs
33:58you committed a crime while wearing a 42 uniform you were lucky the owner isn't pressing charges
34:06and look i i am truly sorry about how you grew up but that is in the past and it needs to stay there
34:14easy for you to say enough you think you have problems well canceling a wedding is not a
34:20problem neither is soaking in an airstream but you know what is listening to the love of your life
34:27flatline over the radio and then losing your kid yet here i stand still doing the job
34:35you know what everyone at the station has an opinion about my life
34:42and i thought you were a safe space but you're one of them judging me and i am sick of it
34:50and i'm not gonna stand here and listen to you talk ugly
34:53about our personal lives when we're supposed to be at work i am out
34:58where are you going firefighter perez
35:04go for coffin
35:11this is unwinnable there's no such thing we're not losing brian's house we already did
35:19smell the milk you don't you're giving us those kills
35:27so
35:33firefighter 1591 cooper ic pull back to the jack pine staging area now
35:41do you copy copy chief we're headed out now thank you thank you this way the fire hasn't made it
35:51to the northwest corner yet it's on all sides no way out no no no no there has to be we're not
35:59going under first call i refuse look we should have left when she told us we should have listened
36:05we did listen to that guy we tried to help him we're trying to save his second chance
36:10no no we gotta find a way out right there right there quick
36:21so
36:48we gotta get into the pool what come on
36:51We gotta wait this out.
36:52Go!
36:53Brody!
36:55Come on, we gotta go!
37:00Come on!
37:01Brody!
37:05I can't swim.
37:12Come on, come on.
37:13Brody, I'll drown.
37:14I can't swim.
37:16Not on my watch.
37:18We'll stay close to the edge, OK?
37:20It's the only chance we got.
37:22Come on, we gotta take off all your gear.
37:25Everything heavy.
37:26Come on, it's gotta go.
37:27Now.
37:30This fire's getting closer.
37:39Come on, we gotta go.
37:40Let's go.
37:42Go!
37:48We gotta get out deeper.
37:49We gotta get towards the middle.
37:51Come on!
37:55I've got you.
37:56I'll hold you up.
37:57No, you can't.
37:58I can.
37:59Listen, Brody.
38:01If we go under, you have to let me go.
38:03All right?
38:04I'm not killing you because I never learned how to swim.
38:07Promise me.
38:08No, I'm not doing that again.
38:09Brody, promise me.
38:11On three.
38:13One, two, three.
38:17Go.
38:23We're good.
38:24We're good.
38:25Go, go.
38:26Breathe.
38:31All the horses, back to the barn.
38:32Let's go!
38:37I left my home for fire.
38:39Now you risk it for fire.
38:40I'm not aligned with fire, Daddy.
38:42I fight it.
38:43If that's true, then you're losing.
38:46And it goes against everything I believe in.
38:47Look, this back burn is our only hope of saving the ranch.
38:50That's what everyone keeps telling me.
38:51Yeah, because it's true.
38:52Well, I hope so.
38:53Because if not, you burn my ranch.
38:56You burn me for the last time.
38:59We are done.
39:07Hey, Chief.
39:09Gab's walked out on the job.
39:11In the middle of an incident?
39:12Heck, she's going through it.
39:13I know you know that.
39:15We had an argument, and then she left on foot off of Route 7.
39:18That road is completely burned over.
39:20The whole area is a no-go.
39:23Greencrest, give me a unit on Route 7.
39:26Firefighter Perez is trapped out there and possibly lost.
39:32The wind's picking up.
39:36Yeah.
39:38In the wrong direction.
39:4042, let's get some water over here.
39:42You got it, Chief.
39:46Go back, go back, go back, go back, go back.
39:51No, no, no, no, no.
39:52Not the barn.
40:03Daddy, I'm sorry.
40:06You came on my land, my life.
40:10You're sorry.
40:11No, it was the ember from the wind.
40:14The ember from the wind change, was it because of the backburn?
40:17Everything I've done is for my family.
40:21And this is how you repay me?
40:26With this fire?
40:32Route 7 fire's spreading.
40:34We still don't have eyes on Perez.
40:37Hey, what was that?
40:40Where's Perez?
40:41I heard she took off.
40:42What do you mean she took off? Where'd she go?
40:44Somewhere by Route 7.
40:46Sorry, all I know.
40:48Road's burning like crazy back there.
40:50Bad all over.
40:53Whoa, hold on.
40:54Manny, can you keep it together?
40:56Can't do that, man.
40:58Not with my daughter out there.
41:13You okay?
41:14I'm not dead yet, so yeah.
41:16All right.
41:17All right.
41:18This fire's getting a lot closer.
41:20It's getting hotter, so we're gonna have to go under.
41:22No, I can't.
41:23Honey, we have to.
41:25Just take a big breath.
41:27The biggest one you can.
41:29All right?
41:30Go.
41:42Go.
42:12Go.
42:13Go.