Here is a seven and a half minute video from the PBS Newshour (September 9, 2015): intensewildfire season pushes crews to the limit, embedded below. I thought that you might enjoy this report about life on the fireline in Washington. The report also speaks to how scarce wildland firefighters, equimpent, supplies and resources are deployed; and our international friends who have sent wildland firefighting crews to help us out.
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.
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