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A helicopter bucket or helibucket is a specialized bucket suspended on a cable carried by a helicopter to deliver water for aerial firefighting. The design of the buckets allows the helicopter to hover over a water source—such as a lake , river , pond , or tank —and lower the bucket into the water to refill it.
English: Two Hawaii Army National Guard CH-47 Chinook perform aerial water bucket drops on the Island of Maui to assist the fight of wildfires, Maui, Hawaii, August 09, 2023. The two air crews performed 58 total bucket drops in 5 hours in up country Maui totaling over one hundred thousand gallons dropped on the fires.
A helicopter dips its bucket into a river to drop water on a wildfire in California. Helicopters can hover over the fire and drop water or retardant. The S-64 Helitanker has microprocessor-controlled doors on its tank. The doors are controlled based on the area to be covered and wind conditions.
Boeing CH-47 Chinook helicopters land after Hurricane Helene made landfall in Keaton Beach, Florida, on September 27, 2024. AFP via Getty Images A woman in Swannanoa, NC, bicycles through floodwaters.
He noted that the Chinook's water-carrying capacity is 2, 000 gallons, while the Black Hawk can carry 660 gallons of water per flight. ... with the Fire Department's MD 520 helicopters is that ...
The CH-47 U.S. Army Chinook with Richie’s face painted on its tail is now flying through Western North Carolina to deliver food and water. ... NC community stand near the landing zone for ...
A Bambi Bucket on board a CH-47 Chinook helicopter from the Texas Army National Guard being used on part of the fire on September 6 The third individual fire was ignited by a tree contacting a power line south of the highway near Tahitian Drive at 5:16 p.m. and eventually merged with the larger fire; [ 3 ] [ 4 ] [ 14 ] the complex of wildfires ...
While the newer helicopters have opened up the possibility for 24/7 fire fighting, it is not typically practiced, Anderson said. To avoid crew exhaustion, firefighting efforts often end about 2 a.m.