Fireground Action Photography Fire and Emergency Services Photography by Craig M. Durling.
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La Brea Wildfire – Los Padres National Forest
The La Brea fire started started on August 8, 2009 and has since burned over 85,000 acres of mountainous terrain within the Los Padres National Forest northeast of Los Angeles. The fire was reportedly started by an illegal Marijuana grow operation in the area. Over 2,000 personnel are on scene comprised of 141 engines, 59 [...]
Freeway IC Brush Fire – Glendale, California
A 40+ acre brush fire scorched the hillside along the 134 / 2 freeway interchange in Glendale, California on August 4th, 2009. The light to heavy brush in rugged terrain set the stage for an “air show” while camp crews hiked in to work the hot spots. No structures were damaged and no injuries were [...]
Freeway Complex Wildfires 2008 (Redux)
A cluster of wildfires known as the “Freeway Complex” burned approximately 30,305 acres in Orange County, California on November 15, 2008. This was a fuel and wind-driven fire which destroyed 361 structures including 314 homes. We began our day at the Sayre Fire in the San Fernando Valley and moved southeast to Orange County to [...]
Tujunga IC Brush Fire – Angeles Nat’l Forest
Here’s some video I shot at the July 5th brush fire north of Los Angeles in Little Tujunga Canyon. It was the maiden voyage for my new Canon HFS10 HD camcorder. The video is a bit shaky for two reasons: 1. I’m learning how to shoot video again 2. The action was 1/2 to 1 [...]
Fireground Video Shows Real Story
The following raw video was shot by Ryan Ling of www.firelinephoto.com during the 2007 “Corral Canyon” wildland fire above Malibu, California. The video is reposted with permission and is an accurate depiction of the dangers and quick-changing conditions while within an active, wind-driven wildfire. I can be scene briefly in my full brush gear and [...]
Huge Sale on Fire Gear at The Fire Store
Need new gear for brush fire season? Need to get that new flashlight, set of goggles or boots? Our friends at The Fire Store are having a HUGE sale so visit their website for up to 50% savings on some great equipment! The sale ends July 31, 2009. While you’re there tell them who sent [...]
Brush Fire – Tujunga IC – Angeles National Forest
An early afternoon wildfire burned approximately 10o acres of rugged terrain along Little Tujunga Canyon in Angeles National Forest. Air support played a major role in keeping this fire from extending to structures in the 90 degree heat. Assets from ANF, LAFD and LA Co. FD were on hand. One minor firefighter injury was reported [...]
“Hart I/C” – LAFD Major Emergency Commercial Structure Fire
LAFD Major Emergency commercial structure fire. Companies arrived on scene reporting heavy smoke and fire showing from a one story 50×100 structure at Century Carpets in North Hollywood. The incident came in at 2300 hrs. on June 1, 2009 For more images from this incident CLICK HERE
‘Fireground Action Photography’ – The Podcast!
Featured as a “New and Notable” podcast on iTunes, FAP is an internet radio show produced by and for photographers specializing in emergency services action photography. All are welcome, however, and photographers of all genres and skill levels should enjoy this informative and entertaining program. Every other week your hosts Craig Durling and Ross [...]
FAP T-Shirts Have Arrived! Order Yours Now…
The “FIREGROUND PHOTO” T-shirts have arrived! As you can see from the sample photos below, the shirts are modeled after the simple work-shirt design. This design will help you blend in on the fireground while also clearly identifying you as a photographer. The front has a cluster with the words “FIREGROUND PHOTOGRAPHER” around it and [...]
“Woodman IC” – Commercial Structure Fire, Los Angeles, CA
April 18, 2009 2300 hrs. 9000 blk Woodman Avenue, Los Angeles Greater-alarm structure fire involving a pawn shop, house of worship and restaurant. A quick knockdown made for few action shots so I turned my attention toward practicing with available light. Click here for more images from this incident.
Traffic Collision – 3210 W. Burbank Blvd., Burbank CA
March 20, 2009 @ 1937 hrs. – Two vehicle traffic collision with fire involvement. Only minor injuries reported. View the full image gallery here. Images © 2009 Craig Durling/firegroundaction.com
We’ve updated some stuff here at FAP
First, there will be no FAP show this week since we’ve decided to try a bi-weekly format for the show. We thought that producing a show every other week instead of every week will not only give us all more time to shoot (isn’t that the whole point?) but allow us more time to create [...]
UPDATE: Facebook Comes To Their Senses (for now)
This from Facebook earlier today: “Terms of Use Update: Over the past few days, we have received a lot of feedback about the new terms we posted two weeks ago. Because of this response, we have decided to return to our previous Terms of Use while we resolve the issues that people have raised. For [...]
Facebook’s New TOS Have Photographers Bailing
I was alerted to something via Twitter this morning that concerned me greatly. Photographers by the likes of Scott Bourne are bailing from Facebook after they (FB) recently changed a couple of lines in their Terms of Service. Some very important lines at that. For all of you who post images (or anything) on Facebook, [...]
How do you listen to Fireground Action Photography?
Please let us know how you listen to the FAP podcast by participating in the poll below. If your answer is not one of the choices, please enter your own. Thanks!
New Discussion Forum on the FAP Flickr Group Page
Hey all, The majority of the group seems to like the idea of taking our discussions over to the FAP Flickr group. We’ve been using a Google discussion forum, which is still active, for some time but it’s been very quiet lately. I’m for trying the Flickr page for a few of reasons: 1. It’ll [...]
What are you waiting for???
Well, here we are, already one week into 2009. Have you made any images yet? Responded to any incidents? Let our friend Joel Neild inspire us all with his “Project 365″. He has committed himself to make at least one image every day in 2009 and I think that’s a great idea. If [...]
FIREGROUND PHOTO T-Shirts???
As an emergency services photographer and part of the FAP family, would you purchase one of these “FIREGROUND PHOTO” T-shirts if we made them available for purchase? We’re going with a classic “job shirt” design and each shirt would likely cost around $20 + postage. With higher quantities, the cost goes down and we’d be [...]
Home for Christmas and Thankful for Plenty.
It’s Christmas day and I’m sitting in a recliner at my parents’ house watching the Lakers play the Celtics with the folks. Just taking a moment to wish all of you a very Merry Christmas. I’m fortunate enough to have people in my life that make me a better person. You know who you are. [...]
FAP Launches Community Flickr Group!
The results of the poll are in. When I asked if you would be likely to participate in a Flickr Group for members of the FAP community you answered as follows: ABSOLUTELY! 81% POSSIBLY 13% PROBABLY NOT 6% Based on your input, I’ve launched a Flickr Group for members of the Fireground Action Photography community! [...]
FAP Podcast has new feed URL for iTunes users.
Just a note for everyone downloading the podcast with iTunes: I’ve changed the feed URL so I can track subscriptions and stats using Feedburner. In order to include iTunes subscriptions in this I had to change the location that iTunes checks for updates (RSS feed URL). I don’t know if this is going to cause [...]
Welcome!
Welcome to the new and improved home of Fireground Action Photography! Use these new pages to check for Craig’s latest incident photos which can be viewed by clicking on the “Fireground Photo Galleries” link to the right. From this site you can also listen and subscribe to Craig’s podcast, read his blog, view his videos [...]
Dispelling Some Copyright Myths & My Thoughts
Here’s a link to a great article by Scott Bourne of Twipphoto.com on dispelling some copyright myths: http://twipphoto.com/archives/1554 Reading Scott’s article got me thinking. In addition to the informative comments by Scott, keep in mind that the issue of copyright can be a very complex one. Do keep in mind though, that even though your [...]
