Fires tend to lay down at night....thus firefighting efforts would be more productive than in the day time when the fire is up and running.....or so it would seem. NVG's, FLIR. all would work towards allowing for safe operations if reasonable limits were arrived at before beginning the work.
I am not sure I would want to try Long Line bucket ops using NVG's....as the physical problems of being able to stick your head out the window/door to get you eyes on the bucket would be a trick....not to mention the absence of effective depth perception using the NVG's.
Tanker work would be no problem....doing air drops with a belly tank would be easy enough.
Last edited by SASless; 20th Aug 2012 at 13:22.