Behind the Scenes of Aerial Firefighting at Cal Fire
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- Опубликовано: 27 авг 2024
- We go behind the scenes of Cal Fire's Aviation unit in McClellan Park, California and talk to one of the pilots about what it's like to fly firefighting aircraft.
These pilots are all heroes for doing this work! I was watching another video that showed Cal Fire's DC-10 and 747 air tankers. The difference in handling characteristics between empty and full water/retardant tanks for these enormous aircraft must be extreme given the weight of those payloads.
It must be quite a thing to fly one of those jumbo jets around the canyons and valleys of California.
Thank you Cal Fire. I can’t stress my gratitude any greater. You guys have my heart.
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These guys just saved our homes today! Thank you CalFire crews!
A very important job, and very dangerous, too. Thanks for all their hard work! Blessings to the firefighters - stay safe out there.
ive wanted to be a pilot for passenger planes since i was around 4 my paretns say. and in the last 2 years ive looked into being a firefighter. i feel like this is the perfect job for me
Absolutely amazing! Thank you firefighters for keeping us safe. We love you! :D
Thanks Guys - smoke/visibility prevented saving my stuff in 2015's Butte Fire, but I praise ya'll every year since as I listen to the scanner and hear AA440, T82, T83, and C404 stopping fires in Calaveras/Tuolumne/Amador Counties.
Love the Cal Fire team! You are all super-heros in my book.
If the Garrette engines on those Trackers are 1600 horsepower, those are basically the same engines used on the Cheyenne 400LS, its good to see that Cal air didn't skimp on the turbine engine conversions with their Trackers.
I still miss the sound of those Wright Cyclone radials though.
Agreed!
I live right next to an air attack base and I love it!!!
Which air attack base is it?
@@possum303 Ramona California. Cool airport. Great for plane spotting. Theres a spot at one end of the runway that's awesome for plane spotting during fire season
They have over 60 S-2 now, pretty cool! They just bought some more.
I live my KHMT, a CalFire base, and these guys do some AMAZING flying. Hats off. Would love to sit jumpseat some day.
They fly in when others are flyin out.
Can’t wait to become a firefighter pilot one day it’s my dream job
I am in the Baltics and get Russian TV and time after time in their fires they drop water from so high it seems the water has just about evaporated before it reaches the fire. No red retardant. In Europe the Canadair CL-415 are the workhorses in Spanish, Croatian, Greek and Italian fires.
There are Cali haters put there claiming that Csl Fire only has three firefighting aircraft. It's a lie so absurd, it's amazing anyone would try to spread it.
They need these in Portland for crowd control
Hey @bigballs- why don’t you do something for the good of others and learn to fly these - might make you respectable instead of hateful.
Hmm.. direct violation of the 1st amendment.
Former military aircraft!? Awesome
So..IF i am NOT mistaken.. Cal fire hasn't included the Supertanker in its arsenal. (probably due to hourly operational costs) It can make one run and drip more than..15 smaller aircraft? That figure should be close.. and drop a swath over 2 miles long. or make multiple shorter drops. So... The next question.. I'm sure you can figure out.
Calculate for turn around to a reload base that can handle a plane that size, time in orbit to prep, displacement of type 2/3 tankers in the pattern, line up time for the lead plane. When I get a slop over or spot fire on a hot division I need a couple hundred gallons of mud now, not 5000 gallons 30 minutes from now. VLATS are a great tool in the big picture and I'm glad we have them but they are not a replacement for a type 3 tanker.
@@rustyclaymore1105 Understood, and good points. I have also understood it can make it halfway across California in about 45 minutes. She is a monster, but what a impressive line she can lay. Thanks for the information.
@@pilot3016 Also are you willing to fund bigger planes out of your own pocket? Just saying......
@@markfrench8892 Nancy gave a bucket load to the Kennedy Center for the Arts. Would you prefer a concert, or watch your house saved.
@@pilot3016 The Kennedy Center gave back 25% in the form of a donation to the DNC. Firefighting vs music didn't enter into the decision.
That is a Firefly
I would like to ask permission to use footage from this video for an outreach piece for CAL FIRE and the County of San Diego. If you do give me permission, how would you like to be credited?
@@flywithaopa na wey
Where can I learn more about the path to become a CalFire Pilot?
Im wondering the same things. Its a career i want!!!
Go to dyncorp website. The pilots are not cal fire employees. It’s cal fire’s planes and helicopters but they go through dyncorp to contract their pilots.
Joseph White I called up the cal fire aviation department and spoke with stew sprung. He’s the head of the aviation department there
REDBOYlegend 12 this helps a lot, thanks!
@@Jam_66 cool, I'll try and reach out to Stew, maybe he can tell me a little more about the typical career path of pilots leading up to aerial firefighting
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SUFFERING ANIMALS AND TREES NEED IT.!!! 😭😭
SEND IT TO AUSTRALIA NOW.!!! ASAP.!!! 😢😢😢
SUFFERING ANIMALS AND TREES NEED IT.!!! 😭😭
The S2T's are too small to handle the fires. I can see helicopters and small planes to cover areas around homes, etc but the DC-10s and 747's are needed for longer drops. Fighting the fires with the smaller airplanes is like using a bucket to put out a house fire. UPGRADE to routine to using more LARGER aircraft.
Why would they have them if they aren't good enough? If there are 10 fires, then it's better to have 10+ small planes putting out the than 1 large plane that can only do a few at a at a time with a much longer turnaround time
@@marek9784 There's always an armchair expert in the crowd. I'm referring to Jon Ursino that is.
They’re at a fire quickly when not outta control yet-extreme agility, low flying, w/ fast fueled turnaround. Pilots would love to do some acrobatics with this retro jet prop! But can’t:(
747’s/DC-10’s awesome aircraft, but not as low and go for payload-in my humble opinion.
You have no clue.
Turbo Stoofs !
Only Americans can get the fire Knocked down. Hehe... Still, proud of their work
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