Sunday, October 18, 2020

wildfire video from California - 10 minutes

https://youtu.be/oEqYN0hsUn0

dont read the comments - watch the first 2 minutes - then ask yourself
- can they hold this fire? - how many engines are needed to hold this
fire?

note - strike team is 5 engines and 1 chief - these are city engines
(TYPE 1 engines - crew of 4 people) - probably 750 gallons of water in
the tank plus a 1250 gpm pump

looks like 2 helitankers and 1 copter - plus 1 water tender (maybe
2500 gallons of water and maybe 500 gpm pump) - plus at least 1 TY3
engine from USFS (green) (150 gpm and 500 gallon water)

pasadena engine and arcadia engine - units from los angeles county
operating in san bernardino county on mutual aid

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