What Happens To 35 Miles Of Used Firehose?

As the Pickett Fire has spread in Napa County, California, emergency crews have deployed enormous resources to help contain the blaze.

In a recent video, CalFire explained that 190,000 feet of fire hose has been used in ground efforts by firefighters. That’s so much hose that an entire team from the California Conservation Corps has set up a base camp to inspect, sort, and re-roll the used hoses.

Fire hoses are not the only thing that have been used in impressive numbers by the emergency crews.

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176 engines have been sent to fight the Pickett Fire, along with nine helicopters and 35 dozers. The number of personnel currently deployed in containment efforts is 2,064.

Since the blaze began a week ago, more than 6,800 acres have burned.

But these gargantuan deployments have yielded some impressive results. No injuries or deaths have yet been reported from the wildfire and only 5 structures are said to have been destroyed so far. The fire is currently 65% contained.