The four type-4 engines, A-45, T-9, A-29 and T-5, and their support vehicles were demobilized from their respective assignments in Nevada and California on or about September 15th (see this Facebook post from the NJFFS A2 Firefighters Association). I am very proud of all the NJFFS crew who staffed these engines and support vehicles helping fight various wildfires in California and Nevada. Perhaps as I post this they are home and back with their families?
While all NJFFS crews and engines are currently demobilized and (soon to be) back home in New Jersey, other crews and engines from the eastern area continue to be deployed in the western United States helping fight various wildfires. According to the Resources Summary from the Eastern Area Coordination Center for September 18th (updated daily while crews deployed, current summary found here there crews and engines from several eastern states deployed out west. Here is a summary of deployments outside of the eastern area:
Fire Crews
Potomac River #1 (West Virginia) working in Oregon.
PAS #8 (Pennsylvania) working in California.
Noreast Agency #3 (dispatched out of the NECC in New Hampshire) working in Colorado.
Modules, aka wildland fire modules
MNCC Interagency #3 (home unit in Minnesota) working in Colorado.
Great Lakes Interagency (home unit in Michigan) working in Idaho.
WIC #5 (home unit in Wisconsin) working in Oregon.
Engines (to read about the different types of wildland fire engines go to this wikipedia article)
One type-4 engine from Michigan deployed to California.
Three type-6 engines from Michigan deployed to Colorado, Washington and Oregon
Two type-6 engines from Maine deployed to California.
Five type-6 engines from Minnesota deployed to Montana (2), Oregon (2) and Colorado.
Two type-6 engines from Missouri deployed to Oregon.
Six type-6 engines from Wisconsin deployed to California (2), Montana (3), and Nevada.
One type-4 engine from Wisconsin deployed to Idaho.
One type-3 engine from Connecticut deployed to California.
One type-6 engine from Ohio deployed to Oregon.
Thanks to all of the crews mentioned here and their support teams for helping to fight wildfires in the western U.S.
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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