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True Stories
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A Matter of Life, Thanks to SureFire
Most of us have been in emergency situations that were a matter of life or death. Read how SureFire helped tip the balance in these exciting tales.
| Blazing Beam Helps Battle Wildfire |
I am a wild-land firefighter, and me and my crew were in Idaho for the Saddleback Ridge fire. It was about noon when, out of nowhere, a tree lit up, throwing hot embers all over and causing multiple spot fires to ignite. We were in pairs, and my partner was a good ways off when things began to get real dark from all of the smoke. You couldn't see more than 10 feet in front of you; smoke and hot embers were being thrown by the trees that were now up in flames. It began getting harder to breathe every passing minute, and trees began to fall from having their roots burned out at the base.
I kept yelling my partner's name, but we could barely hear each other because of the roar of the fire. So I pulled out my SureFire and began flashing it on and off trying to give my partner a light to come toward. I began to wonder if he was still alive when out of the smoke he came, staggering and coughing. We were able to help each other out to the safe zone, where he was treated for some minor burns and smoke inhalation.
If it wasn't for that SureFire, we both could've been torched alive. Thank you so much, SureFire.
Nicholas S.
Anchorage, AK
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