Video by Senior Master Sgt. John Rohrer 140th Wing Public Affairs
This video is a unique angle of a Blackhawk helicopter delivering water to a fire using a bambi bucket. When the helicopter is in position, the crew releases the water to extinguish or suppress the fire below. The shots consist of a take off from the staging field, dips from a nearby pond to get water and several drops on two different fire locations. This action takes place in the High Park Fire to try to mitigate spot fires in the area west of Fort Collins, Colorado.
I hope someone can explain this to me. And to be clear.
I'M NOT THERE SO I DON'T KNOW!
But it appears that they're dropping on fires in unpopulated areas instead of by houses. Why? People are losing homes. Not throwing stones and I've never even had a real conversation with a fire fighter so what's the theory here.
