Fighting Fire In California
The Fed way. Manage the fire, when you can't manage it, then get help. The only thing we can figure is that they must get hazard duty pay, overtime, leaving very little desire to put the fire out. Many fires have gotten out of control by milking them
By Ray DiLorenzo —— Bio and Archives--January 18, 2025
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Since the current news is totally devoted to the fires in California, and justifiably so, I thought I would talk about my experiences as a fire pilot. I flew fire for the state of California for 22 years, and after that, I had a 1-year contract with the Forest Service and the Bureau of Land Management.
I flew what is known as Air Attack. An AA is the plane that manages the fire. We plan with the ground incident commander (IC) how we are going to fight the fire, decide the resources we will need, the number of aircraft and ground firefighters, and where the safe zones or escape routes are for ground personnel in case of a blowout.
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