How to Deal With a Wild Fire

In the past, the us. Forest service had ten thousand lookouts in which lonely observers would gaze across the tree tops for days on end. Nowadays, their job is done by inferet cameras, drones, aircraft and satellites. Some ries attack the first signs of smoke with water bombers. But an aerial attack can't entirely put out of fire. That needs fire fighters on the ground. In the usa, rapid response team is despatched fully kitded out with fire fighting gear and water carrying vehicles. If the location is a little more remote, then a plane or a small helicopter will be this is usually just to check it out and give a rough estimate of how big

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