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‘The hydrants up here are dead.’ Radio traffic shows how LA firefighters lost water
NPR transcribed more than 2,000 hours of radio communications from the LA fires. It shows hydrants going dry and first ...
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'All the hydrants up here are dead.' Radio traffic recounts LA firefighters losing water
The audio communications show Super Scoopers were helping fight the fire at least as early ... Los Angeles city officials ...
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Piloting Super Scoopers: What It Takes to Pilot Firefighting Aircraft
Amid the inferno sweeping through Los Angeles, the amphibious CL-415 "Super Scooper" has proven essential in fighting ...
Yahoo14d
FBI searching for drone operator that damaged firefighting water scooper plane in Los Angeles
The FBI has released photos of a Super Scooper firefighting plane that was damaged when it collided with a drone that someone was flying near the site of the Los Angeles wildfires. According to ...
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FBI investigating drone that left massive hole in firefighter plane battling Palisades Fire
“I’d just like to stress, that technique, using that super scooper aircraft, are our most effective technique to fight fires like this, and when this happens, it puts everybody’s lives at ...
Stars and Stripes14d
What are ‘Super Scoopers,’ the planes used to fight the LA wildfires?
Enter the CL-415 Super Scooper — one of the world’s most ... with the U.S. Forest Service’s Modular Airborne Firefighting Systems. The aircraft can drop up to 3,000 gallons of fire retardant ...
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FBI working to piece together drone that damaged super scooper while battling Palisades Fire
LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- The FBI released new photos of a damaged water-dropping super scooper firefighting aircraft that collided with a drone over the Palisades Fire. According to officials ...