I have blogged about aerial wildland firefighting since 2009. I am not a firefighter and am not a pilot, just an interested bystander who wants to learn more and share what I learn here. Join me here as I blog on the aircraft and the pilots who fight wildland fires from the air in support of crews on the ground. I also blog on concerns affecting fire crews on the ground as well as other aviation and meteorology issues. Learn what it takes to do jobs that are staffed by the best of the best.
Thursday, April 12, 2012
Wildfire in Berks County PA
I've seen references to this fire for the last couple of days on some of the daily reports on the intelligence page of the Eastern Area Coordination Center. For example this mornings "managers briefing" reported: start date: April 9 Name: Hopewell Agency: PAS Number: PA-PAS-17120144 Acres: 400 Location: French Creek SP, Elverson PA % contained: 80 I am not all that far from PA, and want to let all of my friends in PA know that I care about what is happening in their state. So, I was somewhat alarmed when I saw reference to this article in today's post on the Firebomber Publications Blog about the fire, saying that the fire had grown to 619 acres. Pennsylvania is a large state, with many forests. I suspect that their firefighters have been busy with numerous wildfires just like we have in NJ.
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