Fire Camp Trivia

How much food and supplies does it take daily to run a camp supporting 1,800 firefighters working on a large wildfire?  Here are a few statistics from the North Pass Fire (Covelo, CA) in Northern California in 2012:

v    900 lbs meat

v    200 gallons coffee

v    28,800 drinks (water, Gatorade, juice)

v    2,000 pints of milk

v    1,200 breakfasts

v    2,000 bag lunches

v    1,500 dinners

v    587 dozen eggs

v    20,000 AA batteries

v    250 MREs (Meals Ready to Eat)

v    5,280 pounds of ice or 754 7-pound bags or 264 20-pound bags

v    600 rolls toilet paper for 150 porta-potties

v    5 mobile sleeping units with 210 beds (42/trailer)

v    300+ loads laundry

v    50 hand washing stations

v    450 showers at three shower trailers

v    24 – 26 miles of fire hose

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Compiled by Jean Hawthorne, PIO, North Pass Fire, 2012