Continuing with prescribed or controlled burns, I found myself thinking that helicopters are sometimes used in prescribed burns. I wanted to find a video to show you how an agency conducting prescribed burns uses helicopters in addition to wildland firefighters on the ground. I struck pay dirt with this June 2021 video from the Savannah River Site. In the video you will again learn about how this agency conducts prescribed burns and the planning that is involved. It seems that the wildland firefighters use torches in igniting carefully planned prescribed burns. Helicopters are used on prescribed burns on larger acreage. You will learn about the ping pong balls dropped by helicopters in a special device hanging from their belly to conduct prescribed burns.
Direct link to video from the Savannah River Site on YouTube
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