So while on a wildland fire with two brand new firefighters (the first real fire for both) we were advancing hose up the right flank. It was a long skinny fire, perhaps 200' wide at the widest and about 1500' long, but very narrow at the head. I was on the nozzle the with two youngsters pulling hose. As we reached the head the fire was burning pretty well in a semi circle roughly 30' across. I figured I could step inside the semicircle's arc and spray the entire thing out. I leapt over a rock to get to the center, but my boot hit the top of the rock and I fell into the coals. Almost. I was able to right myself before I hit the ground but I dropped the hose and hit the bale to all the way open at the same time. The pressure of the water made the hose go flail and begin whipping around. It kinda bounced straight back into my hands so I caught it and shut off the water after noticing that the hose had put out the fire by itself. 'Whew,' I thought, 'Well that was kind of embarrassing.' As I turned around I saw the new guys just standing there shaking their heads with mouths open. "That was awesome..." one let out. Apparently they had seen me perform a ninja roll/ killing blow to the fire, instead of a clumsy fall.
"Don't you forget that ever," I told them.