Helicopter used to transport firefighters to fire zones
a Bell 205A-1 and its helitack crew
Helitack crews are teams of wildland firefighters who are transported by helicopter to wildfires. Helicopters provide rapid transport, enabling helitack crews to quickly respond and assess a wildfire situation. Helitack crews may land near a wildfire or, if equipped and trained, rappel from a hovering helicopter. Once on the ground, crews build firelines using hand tools, chainsaws, and other firefighting tools. They often remain overnight in remote locations. After they have completed their assignment, crew members may pack up to 120 pounds of equipment over difficult terrain to reach a pick-up point. Rappellers often prepare helispots (helicopter landing zones) that provide better access to a fire. Helicopter crew members may also perform other duties such as tree falling, firing operations, and managing helibases.
Helicopters provide rapid transport, enabling helitack crews to quickly respond and assess a wildfire situation. Helitack crews may land near a wildfire or, if...
helitack crews perform duties similar to other initial attack crews. Two or three firefighters will be dispatched to a newly reported fire. Helitack crews...
Twelve firefighters were unable to outrun the blaze and perished. Two more helitack firefighters were also killed as they tried to flee to the northwest. Those...
encompasses three rural counties and consists of eight fire stations, one Helitack Base, three conservation camps and an inmate firefighter training center...
000-gallon airtankers. These aircraft are stationed at 14 airtanker and 11 helitack bases located statewide and can reach most fires within 20 minutes. Tactical...
Rural Fire Service, and Aerial Fire Control Pty. Helicopter rescue basket Helitack — helicopter-delivered fire resources Cargo hook (helicopter) Glossary...
Springs, Colorado. Five other firefighters, three smokejumpers and two helitack firefighters, also died in the incident. On June 30, 2013, nineteen members...
making dozens of sorties a day for several months.[citation needed] "Helitack" is the use of helicopters to combat wildland fires. The helicopters are...
Brianna Hildebrand, Dennis Haysbert, and Judy Greer. Wildland fire module Helitack National Smokejumper Association "Smokejumpers" (PDF). Heritage. 4 (9):...
enclosed seating areas for their crews. Aerial firefighting apparatus Helitack Fireboat Fire bike Fire engine Quint Wildland fire engine Airport crash...
Mendocino County. The compound is also the location of the Howard Forest Helitack Base and serves as the headquarters of the Mendocino Ranger Unit. Howard...
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smaller drops on fires). Some helicopters are used on fires for cargo (helitack) delivering supplies to firefighters, usually with netted cargo slung under...
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events became an incident with an incident within an incident. Smokejumpers Helitack Aerial firefighting Great Fire of 1910 "Northern Rockies National Interagency...
airports are under fog. The airport has a California Dept. of Forestry (CDF) Helitack Station. Kneeland Airport is also used as an excellent sky watching location...
Wildland fire engine Wildland water tender Personnel Fire lookout Handcrew Helitack Hotshot crew Smokejumper Wildland fire module By location Ancient Rome...
Wildland fire engine Wildland water tender Personnel Fire lookout Handcrew Helitack Hotshot crew Smokejumper Wildland fire module By location Ancient Rome...
Current measurements of pumping capacity are now in GPM, Gallons Per Minute. Helitack: A rotary winged (helicopter) fire-fighting aircraft, such as the Erickson...
Wildland fire engine Wildland water tender Personnel Fire lookout Handcrew Helitack Hotshot crew Smokejumper Wildland fire module By location Ancient Rome...
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