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Six helitack bases were established in the early 1970s. They were staffed with contracted Bell JetRangers. A typical CAL FIRE helitack crew which responded with the helicopter consisted of one fire captain and two to three seasonal firefighters. CAL FIRE began using contractor-owned helicopters for fire control in the mid-1960s.
The Howard Forest Helitack Base crew includes two pilots, four fire captains, two Fire Apparatus Engineers and twelve seasonal firefighters. This crew staffs a UH-1 H helicopter with call sign Copter 101. The helitack crew logs an average of 412 flight hours per year and responds to both fires and medical emergencies.
Mike Schanley, a contract forestry fire pilot at Cal Fire’s Boggs Mountain helitack base, said the introduction of the Fire Hawks and their huge water tanks have been a game changer for aerial ...
The Fresno Air Attack Base is an aerial firefighting base established in 1955 by the United States Forest Service (USFS) at the Fresno Yosemite International Airport.The USFS also leases space at the base to CAL FIRE, which keeps a tactical (spotter) aircraft at the base and also uses the facilities to refuel and reload retardant on air tankers and helicopters when fighting fires in the area.
From the 13 air attack and ten 10 helitack bases located statewide, aircraft can reach most fires within 20 minutes. [24] Aircraft are a prominent feature of CAL FIRE, especially during the summer fire season. Both fixed- and rotary-wing aircraft are employed. [25]
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Ryan Air Attack is a joint Air Attack / Helitack base operated by the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (Riverside Unit). It is one of 19 tanker bases strategically located throughout California. The base provides initial attack aircraft service to over 17,000 square miles (44,000 km 2) of
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