A little about how SEATs work wildfires in support of ground crews

Thanks to Mike Archer of the Wildfire News of the Day who shared a nice video report and article from News12 New Jersey. The report and article may be found here, where you can read about the SEAT, an Air Tractor 802 that is on contract in Central New Jersey at Miller Air Field through May 11th. This SEAT will be on other contracts after she leaves New Jersey so what you learn here is applicable to other locations and to SEATs in general. A longer video report with a longer interview with the SEAT pilot and a representative from the New Jersey Forest Fire Service may be found on this News12 New Jersey webpage. Unfortunately, I was not able to get the provided embed code to work.You should be aware that News 12 New Jersey has a pay wall, where you get a limited number of free views (3 to 5) without having a paid account. You should be able to read the report and watch the videos for free.

Even with these problems, I am taking a chance that most of you will be able to watch these two videos and have included links to the article with short video and a link to the longer video report.