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mickjoebill
24th Oct 2012, 21:08
PDF report on the transportation away from a flare-up by bambi bucket of a forward fire observer.

I'm interested in discussing the use of helicopters for "rescues" beyond their role.
In particular the predicament news helicopters ocasionally find themsleves in whilst filming natural disasters. I refer to the floods in Queensland Australia where news helicopters were able to photograph people who were trapped but were unable to effect a rescue.

If helicopters are to be regularly tasked into the depths of natural disasters should they be bound to be able to effect an extraction or offer other life support?

http://wildfirelessons.net/documents/Pole_Creek_Bucket_Extraction.pdf


Mickjoebill