IMETs are working several wildfires currently burning in the western USA, including but not limited to wildfires listed below. If you click on the day of the week in the Facebook posts below you will see the date of the post. Acreage and containment information is current as of 10AM EDT on July 17th. What you see when you click on the link for each fire may differ depending on when you are accessing this page.
Draw Fire (Nevada): 26,872 acres, 70% containment
Rooster Combs Fire (Nevada): 218,380 acres, 71% containment
Brooklyn Fire (Arizona): 32,804 acres, 100% containment
Tongue River Complex (Montana): 28,957 acres, 80% containment
Whittier Fire (California): 13,199 acres, 52% containment
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.
Friday, July 14, 2017
IMETs on wildfires burning in the western USA
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