Ranch House- thank you for a nice breakfast 7/26 Postcard

thank you to all the volunteers who have been helping our communities- thank you to the Lions club in town vouchers too. somebody said that words were like inflated money- the more you use the less it is worth simply with deepest gratitude- THANK YOU. Hey listen- on Fri, Jul 26, 2013 at 8:58 AM I got a reply to my email and here it is- to joy- Thank you for the information. I know you say lower brush, but I also saw unburned branches that were above my 6' height that are still remaining, so I estimated 10' brush and I realise due to my experience that it was in places over 10' knowing the age of the vegetation is over 40 years old. I hope you can get some peace in the fact that I know they did not go down there to deploy or seek refuge, they went down to protect the ranch. The fire behaviour due to outflows from the thunderstorm caused the blow up, wind estimates of gust fro 80-90 mph. I don't believe the aircraft fanned the flames. This is my opinion based on facts and a 37 years of fire experience. I am sorry for the emotional stress you are going through and wish I could provide you more comfort. DW Darrell Willis, Division Chief Prescott Fire Department 333 White Spar Road Prescott, AZ 86303 (928)777-1701 Office (928)776-1890 Fax (928)925-7311 Cell Notice: My new e-mail address is darrell.willis@prescott-az.gov joy's reply to his message which why bother sending it back to him because he stated he is the "expert" so who am I that was there in person "LIVE"...I reckon I mean nothing to this man's investigation like many others I see want to see it as THEY see it versus the facts I show by photos and videos...KEEP IN MIND WE TEX AND I WERE BOTH THERE AND WE HAVE SHOWED YOU ALL PHOTOS AND WE CAN STATE AS FACTS THAT THE AREA WAS MAINLY 3-5.5FT BUSH/BRUSH AND NOT TEN FEET AS WELL- AS AN AVID HIKER AND I HAVE THE GEAR- MONITORING THE FIELD CONDITIONS ESPECIALLY WHEN THERE IS FIRES LIKE WE SAW- IT WAS IMPORTANT TO GET IN PERSON METER READINGS VERSUS DEPENDING ON MEDIA OR WEATHER AREAS TO SHOW US AND MY METER READING THE HIGHEST IT WENT WAS 43MPH- NOT 80-90MPHAS HE TOLD MEDIA. AND FOR THE FANNING THE FIRE NOT ONLY DID WE BOTH WITNESS IT AND COMMENT ON IT THAT DAY BUT JOY TOOK VIDEO AND PHOTOS SO THAT SHOULD BE PROOF ENOUGH THAT SHOWS THEY WERE HOVERING AND OBSERVING NOT PUTTING OUT FIRES AND ABOUT THE MEN GOING TO SAVE A FIRE WEARING NO GEAR OR BACKPACKS- I have been on that rim sooo many times and you sit on that rim or even on the tip of that mountain above the dirt rim you will know that no firefighter or common civilian is going to drop their packs and go in that canyon to save a home- they were exhausted at 9:18am on the hike up except Eric Marsh was fine (2 OTHERS LOOKED OK TOO- grant and Jessie) and we walked the area and the thickness and heaviness of the air plus the heat that day already plus the fire heat and their gear by late day and the terrain they went through it just does not make sense for them to drop their gear where they did than go below to fight a fire without their gear- Tex can feel that way like you that they did but I know me- if I am a firefighter FIGHTING A FIRE- my gear sticks with me until the end- that terrain was not an area you can drop your gear and easily get to it once down in that canyon so I do differ to that statement- I hike it/I know it!!!...and Tex only hiked the area a few times but that's my areas of familiarity-OH AND MY FINAL SAYING IN REPLY TO HIS EMAIL-I'd like source of facts on the wind gust source- my metre never saw 80-90- to me...and I hiked 4-2:30pm so if it went to that gust 80-90 it was late afternoon not that morning where we still witnessed the fanning of the fire- I am the avid hiker to this state and this area especially and my view is more practical and not exaggerated