Los Angeles County Fire Department helicopters 21 and 22 arrive at Barton Heliport in Pacoima, California. Photo by @ShorealoneFilms via @MichaelDubron.With their arrival today at the Barton Heliport in Pacoima, the Los Angeles County Fire Department has two new Firehawk helicopters fully equipped and ready to go. Both of the ships, Helicopters 21 and 22, were converted by Colorado company United Rotorcraft into firefighting machines, with extended landing gear, 1,000 gallon firefighting tanks, and retractable snorkel systems. H-21 was in California last winter, went back to Colorado to finish the conversion, then came back with it’s sister ship, H-22, today August 4.
Now the LACoFD has 10 helicopters, 5 Firehawks and five Bell 412 ships.
The Department announced in July of last year that they were going to buy two more Firehawks.
Last year we wrote about 14 things to know about Los Angeles County Fire Department Air Operations.
Los Angeles County Fire Department’s Sikorsky S70I Firehawk, Helicopter 21, being tested Nov. 16, 2019 in Colorado. Photo by Erick Lama for United Rotorcraft.
One of Los Angeles County Fire Department’s Firehawks, Helicopter 21, arriving at HAI 2020 in Anaheim, CA January 24, 2020.
At HAI Anaheim, January 28, 2020, Sikorsky honored three fire departments whose organizations are operating Firehawks; San Diego Fire Rescue, Los Angeles County, and CAL FIRE.
At HAI Anaheim, January 28, 2020, Sikorsky honored three fire departments whose organizations are operating Firehawks; San Diego Fire Rescue, Los Angeles County, and CAL FIRE. LACoFD’s new H-21 is in the background.
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Has anyone seen the video posted on Helicopter Professionals Facebook page which shows what appears to be a Firehawk suffer a main rotor strike on a large rock?
https://www.facebook.com/groups/1502444256438509/permalink/3804667776216134/
Had not seen the clip and I think not a lot of folks have either. Extremely fortunate for LAC not a major accident.
So, did they land asap, or fly back to base? I hope not the latter.
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