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Bring Your Own Brigade

I thought fire was Then the biggest firein California history came along in 2017 and I...

I thought fire was
a medieval problem, not a modern one.[HELICOPTER BLADES WHIRRING] [PANTING][INDISTINCT CHATTER] LUCY: Then the biggest fire
in California history came along in 2017 and I thought, "All right, somebody's got to make a film
about this one." But I'd only just gotten started when there was another
even bigger one

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I thought fire was a medieval problem,
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not a modern one.[HELICOPTER BLADES WHIRRING]
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[PANTING][INDISTINCT CHATTER]
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LUCY: Then the biggest fire in California history
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came along in 2017
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and I thought, "All right,
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somebody's got to make a film about this one."
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But I'd only just gotten started
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when there was another even bigger one.
Duration
19 seconds
Views
21
Timestamp in Movie
00:05:20
Uploaded
May 21, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
Artemis Rising,Topic Studios,XTR,Tree Tree Tree Productions,Rooftop Films,Good ‘n Proper Production

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Movie Summary

An investigation into our landscape's hidden fire stories and on-the-ground experiences of firefighters and residents struggling through deadly fires.
I vowed not to stop until I got all the way - Bring Your Own Brigade 00:15
I vowed not to stop until I got all the way
MAEVE: I mean, fucking hell. It's hot.[INDISTINCT CHATTER] - Bring Your Own Brigade 00:06
MAEVE: I mean, fucking hell. It's hot.[INDISTINCT CHATT...
LUCY: In one day, the whole story - Bring Your Own Brigade 00:06
LUCY: In one day, the whole story
Love, loss, liberty, capitalism, class, and crime. - Bring Your Own Brigade 00:05
Love, loss, liberty, capitalism, class, and crime.
I had expected heroism and I found even more. - Bring Your Own Brigade 00:04
I had expected heroism and I found even more.
[MUSIC PLAYING] - Bring Your Own Brigade 00:10
[MUSIC PLAYING]
I took a quick picture of it. It's 6:48 in the morning. - Bring Your Own Brigade 00:05
I took a quick picture of it. It's 6:48 in the morning.
It's gonna be very difficult to access - Bring Your Own Brigade 00:05
It's gonna be very difficult to access
I go down the road and I see a giant blowtorch - Bring Your Own Brigade 00:06
I go down the road and I see a giant blowtorch
I went on the community Facebook page - Bring Your Own Brigade 00:10
I went on the community Facebook page
LARRY: I turned around and looked at the window, - Bring Your Own Brigade 00:05
LARRY: I turned around and looked at the window,
My wife was in the front room on the floor, - Bring Your Own Brigade 00:05
My wife was in the front room on the floor,
I said, "You got three minutes or we're gonna be dead." - Bring Your Own Brigade 00:11
I said, "You got three minutes or we're gonna be d...
The neighbors were about ten minutes behind me - Bring Your Own Brigade 00:06
The neighbors were about ten minutes behind me
MALE VOICE: - Bring Your Own Brigade 00:15
MALE VOICE:
TAMARA: I went to my patient's room - Bring Your Own Brigade 00:04
TAMARA: I went to my patient's room
And I said, "No, just grab your baby." - Bring Your Own Brigade 00:05
And I said, "No, just grab your baby."
Two lines with bags. I can't run. I can't even walk. - Bring Your Own Brigade 00:05
Two lines with bags. I can't run. I can't even wal...
[RADIO BEEPING]OFFICER: - Bring Your Own Brigade 00:10
[RADIO BEEPING]OFFICER:
There was a little Nissan - Bring Your Own Brigade 00:05
There was a little Nissan