Heli-Rappelling

It has been awhile since I shared some videos with you showing the important work done by heli-rappel crews in fighting wildfires. Once on the ground they work as a crew as other wildland firefighters do. They do this to keep you safe. What is interesting to me is that they arrive where they by helicopter and then rappel down to where they will be working. Heli-rappellers do not only work on wildfires.

Here are two videos about heli-reppelling, the first is about three minutes and focuses on training, the second is over seventeen minutes and you will hear from heli-reppellers about what they do on wildfires and on other incidents.


Direct link to video #1


Direct link to video #2