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New helitack program helps fight fires from above
New helitack program helps fight fires from above
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What’s a helitack crew? 🚁 A helitack crew is a team of highly trained firefighters and their pilot who are transported by helicopter to provide rapid initial attack and assist with rescues—particularly in areas that are remote, rugged, or inaccessible by vehicle. Their aerial deployment gets them to the incident within minutes and begin suppression efforts right away. On the ground, they use hand tools, chainsaws, and other equipment to stop a fire’s spread, while the helicopter supports their
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Ride along with the CAL FIRE Boggs Mountain Helitack crew on a recent air rescue training operation. The CAL FIRE HAWK, a Sikorsky S70i firefighting helicopter, is also equipped with an external hoist for rescue missions. This specialized rescue technique involves highly trained firefighters being lowered from a hovering helicopter to an injured or trapped person below. Once secured to a harness or stokes basket, both the victim and rescuer are then hoisted into the helicopter and flown to a lan
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7.9K views · 156 reactions | Today, we were at the Gillespie Helitack base with CAL FIRE/San Diego County Fire, San Diego Sheriff’s Office, San Diego County Board of Supervisors, and US Forest Service Region 5 ending a week of statewide press conferences. This may be the end of #WildfirePreparednessWeek but not the end of you and your communities getting ready for the upcoming wildfires. Learn more at readyforwildfire.org | CAL FIRE | Facebook
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