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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Wednesday, July 22, 2020
2020 wildfire season: ground and aerial assets fight a small brush fire in southern california
Thanks to my friends at the NJ Forest Fire Service Section B10 Homepage who post several videos of the week each weekend showcasing wildland firefighting action. I spent some time today looking for some nice footage to show you of air tankers and helicopters working wildfires, assisting the wildland firefighters on the ground. I admit to focusing on larger wildfires that I know of but found nothing that I wanted to show you. I kept looking and found this nice seven minute video on the NJFFS Section B10 Videos of the week page. It was perfect, showing tankers and helos and some firefighters on the ground. The plus is that they were working a small two-acre brush fire, probably on initial attack. I do not know the final figures for this particular fire, but that does not matter. What matters is that aerial and ground assets were working a very small brush fire. You will want to read the about this video section in the direct link below. The CAL Fire Riverside unit responded to this fire that burned near Perris, California (Riverside County) east of Los Angeles in July 2020.
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