Moorland firefighting
Discussion
Eric Mc said:
Didn't realise we had fire fighting choppers in the UK.
I was surprised but it was mentioned on the BBC news this morning. Used in Scotland apparently.http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-highlands-is...
The authorities don't have them, but some of the airlift companies do - probably a good way to make money for the cost of a big bucket - http://www.airbournesolutions.co.uk/services-fire.... I would have thought in this contry the main heli work would be powerline.
I think the aim isn't to put the fires out, but cool and control the spread so people on the ground can deal with it before it's too big. If the winds are consistent enough and you can stop it spreading then it will burn itself out.
I think the aim isn't to put the fires out, but cool and control the spread so people on the ground can deal with it before it's too big. If the winds are consistent enough and you can stop it spreading then it will burn itself out.
Chinooks can be rigged with a Rainmaker which lifts about three tonnes of water, so call it 3000 litres, although I think most if not all of the RAF's kit has been binned since it got used so infrequently.
Used one once in the Falkands after a really, really panicky phonecall from the refuel site at Port Howard which went along the lines of "It's all on fire......help...send someone.....it's burning......".
Used one once in the Falkands after a really, really panicky phonecall from the refuel site at Port Howard which went along the lines of "It's all on fire......help...send someone.....it's burning......".
Crossflow Kid said:
Chinooks can be rigged with a Rainmaker which lifts about three tonnes of water, so call it 3000 litres, although I think most if not all of the RAF's kit has been binned since it got used so infrequently.
Used one once in the Falkands after a really, really panicky phonecall from the refuel site at Port Howard which went along the lines of "It's all on fire......help...send someone.....it's burning......".
Probably a chip pan.Used one once in the Falkands after a really, really panicky phonecall from the refuel site at Port Howard which went along the lines of "It's all on fire......help...send someone.....it's burning......".
Eric Mc said:
They really need one of these -
In Oz they use these. They send about 4 or 5 of them down every summer from the USA. They also use the S61 too and various Bells.
In WA they use Crop sprayer type aircaft, big radial powered things! with Squirrels as spotters. Last year we did have the DC10 firebomber here in Victoria but don't think it was used much. This year they had something a bit smaller but I can't remember what it was. Convair maybe?
Eric Mc said:
Crossflow Kid said:
Chinooks can be rigged with a Rainmaker which lifts about three tonnes of water, so call it 3000 litres, although I think most if not all of the RAF's kit has been binned since it got used so infrequently.
Used one once in the Falkands after a really, really panicky phonecall from the refuel site at Port Howard which went along the lines of "It's all on fire......help...send someone.....it's burning......".
Probably a chip pan.Used one once in the Falkands after a really, really panicky phonecall from the refuel site at Port Howard which went along the lines of "It's all on fire......help...send someone.....it's burning......".
Large swathes of the heather were smouldering, with the fire spreading underground towards the BFI.
With a little direction from Trumpton's finest, we dropped about 30,000 litres of sea water, and one fish, on the general area to damp it down enough for the landowner to get amongst it with a JCB and cut proper firebreaks.
Not sure the quantity of water was pivotal to the outcome, more the ability to provide a fire fighting capability by air in an area otherwise cut off from the outside world.
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