"A Journey Under Pressure
Capping the First 30 Years"
Capping the First 30 Years"
"Life in the Inferno
The heat. The noise. The unknown. The experienced say that on the very first call you'll know if you're cut out for this kind of work. Know if you can handle it. You'll either take the seemingly impossible and make it possible, or you'll walk away. There's no shame in knowing your limits--but there's great pride in reaching down to your deepest reservoirs of strength and courage and facing the world's most dangerous fires. There's great pride in preventing them from ever happening..."
The heat. The noise. The unknown. The experienced say that on the very first call you'll know if you're cut out for this kind of work. Know if you can handle it. You'll either take the seemingly impossible and make it possible, or you'll walk away. There's no shame in knowing your limits--but there's great pride in reaching down to your deepest reservoirs of strength and courage and facing the world's most dangerous fires. There's great pride in preventing them from ever happening..."
"Sand into Glass
1991 Kuwait: More than 700 fires. Flames burned so hot the sand melted into glass. Men lived on MREs and bottled water, with smoke so low you couldn't drive, couldn't see. Some said it might take 10 years to get it all under control. But working together with the Red Adair Company, Boots & Coots put out more than a third of the fires in seven months, working ourselves out of a job more quickly than we thought possible."
1991 Kuwait: More than 700 fires. Flames burned so hot the sand melted into glass. Men lived on MREs and bottled water, with smoke so low you couldn't drive, couldn't see. Some said it might take 10 years to get it all under control. But working together with the Red Adair Company, Boots & Coots put out more than a third of the fires in seven months, working ourselves out of a job more quickly than we thought possible."
"I literally had tears in my eyes, I couldn't believe that somebody had pulled a stunt like that and set all those wells on fire. It was a real shock." -Richard Hatteberg, Boots & Coots
"...part intuition, part bravery and a bit of Texas bravado. Given half a chance, these guys could probably put out hell itself." - Modern Marvels: Oil Fire Fighting
