Cal Fire Acquires Helicopters Capable Of Nighttime Operations
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nice looking bird
That’s good news.
Does this mean that fires can be attacked 24/7?
I never knew that helicopters couldn’t fly at night.
Helicopters can fly just fine at night. Helicopters pilots need some extra equipment to do so reasonably safely.
These helicopters seem to be based on UH-60 Black Hawks, a fine fairly modern helicopter. I’ve ridden on them day and night relatively safely. It’s good to see Cal Fire, and Californians, will have these fine tools to fight fires more safely.
This is a first for Nor Cal, southern neighbors in LA, Orange, and Ventura county have had this capability for a while. I believe this will also greatly expand their ability to carry more FFs/crews to remote fires and SAR capabilities. In the Bay Area CalFire has one copter in the South Bay (off hwy 17) and one in the North Bay, we commonly see 106 from Alma SCU, same unit as the Sunshine station in Clayton. Only reported location for one of the new Firehawks I’ve seen is Tehema County.
The TV report said they would be in training until next year. Were they wrong?