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== Experience in Engineering ==
== Experience in Engineering ==
*EXPERIENCE #1 Building a cabin, energy and water systems for an off-grid cabin in the Stanislaus National Forest.
*EXPERIENCE #1 I helped to build a 30 foot bridge for vehicles with my father as a teenager. Also did an environmental impact report for a rock quarry that I worked at.
*EXPERIENCE #2 Collecting data on weather, fuels and available resources in order to make strategic and tactical decisions regarding fire behavior and goals, and avoid premature death.Constructed firebreaks and hoselay water delivery systems.
*EXPERIENCE #2 Collected data on weather, fuels and available resources in order to make strategic and tactical decisions regarding fire behavior and suppression goals, and avoid premature death. I constructed firebreaks and hose lay water delivery systems, which sometimes included check-dams and erosion controls..
*EXPERIENCE #3 Built a bridge with my father as a teenager. Also did an environmental impact report for a rock quarry that I worked at.
*EXPERIENCE #3 Building energy and water systems for an off-grid cabin in the Stanislaus National Forest.
*EXPERIENCE #4 Designed and built a 500 gallon rain catchment system at Zane Middle School in Eureka, Ca.  
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==My Portfolio==
==My Portfolio==
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/tqri46shv8zm507/AACBhkGXIOFoFKBmYgZyQkGKa
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/tqri46shv8zm507/AACBhkGXIOFoFKBmYgZyQkGKa

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Trimming cedars at Arcata Airport

About Me

Chip Brocious
I'm a 43 year old Engineering student. I have lived off the grid in the Stanislaus Forest, capturing energy and water for my family. I worked as a firefighter and Hotshot for the Forest and Park services for 12 years. I hitchhiked to Alaska to see Denali. I've also hitchhiked and chicken-bused around Guatemala and Belize, and driven through Baja twice. I've seen dolphins and rays from a kayak in Humboldt Bay. I have three kids.

Interests in Engineering

  • INTEREST #1 Clean energy. Living off the grid makes one obsessed with energy and efficiency. I see wind.
  • INTEREST #2 Clean water. The planet is getting hotter and dryer. It's making me thirsty just thinking about it.
  • INTEREST #3 Resource conservation. It's not right for preceding generations to use up the planet for short term comforts and leave a trashed out wasteland for the children to muck around in.

Experience in Engineering

  • EXPERIENCE #1 I helped to build a 30 foot bridge for vehicles with my father as a teenager. Also did an environmental impact report for a rock quarry that I worked at.
  • EXPERIENCE #2 Collected data on weather, fuels and available resources in order to make strategic and tactical decisions regarding fire behavior and suppression goals, and avoid premature death. I constructed firebreaks and hose lay water delivery systems, which sometimes included check-dams and erosion controls..
  • EXPERIENCE #3 Building energy and water systems for an off-grid cabin in the Stanislaus National Forest.
  • EXPERIENCE #4 Designed and built a 500 gallon rain catchment system at Zane Middle School in Eureka, Ca.

My Portfolio

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/tqri46shv8zm507/AACBhkGXIOFoFKBmYgZyQkGKa

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