Thanks for posting. This is very interesting. Most people like me have no idea what all goes into these operations. I was doing a drive down the Alaskan Highway in May skirting the fires in British Columbia. At one point we passed an area off the highway with about 12 helicopters sitting in a field that were part of the fire fighting assets.
Glad you liked it. That’s exactly why I posted it — to provide an inside look that we rarely get. It was a lot more complex operation than I thought. Managing the finances and logistics for all the necessities for 500 firefighters — wow. Whoever would have thought they’d have a head finance person?
I watch the aircraft flights on FlightRadar24. Normally the helicopters and tankers are scooping water from Hayden Lake. Yesterday the helicopters were refilling on a ranch over by the fire. I wonder how that works.