5:35 a.m. PDT July 14, 2021
Aircraft on the one-acre Dixie Fire in Butte County, California July 13, 2021. Photo by CAL FIRE.These photos were taken by CAL FIRE on the one-acre Dixie Fire in Butte County, California July 13, 2021. This fire is not to be confused with the Dixie Fire in Idaho that has burned over 19,000 acres. (UPDATE at 7:47 a.m. PDT July 14, 2021: on Tuesday the fire’s spread had been stopped for a while at one acre. That evening it took off and grew to about 60 acres and was very active again later in the day.)
An S2T drops on the one-acre Dixie Fire in Butte County, California July 13, 2021. Photo by CAL FIRE.
Firehawk refills with water on the one-acre Dixie Fire in Butte County, California July 13, 2021. Photo by CAL FIRE.
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I have retired from the fire service, but I have been on my share of wildfires, through out my career, and the aircraft being used these days, are not like the PBY’s, B-17’s DC-3s that were i ise when I first started. Helicopters were hardly used except to o drop supplies and personnel, I am very proud of today’s air advances. In the fire service.
I still remember the foscheck running down my back and into my pants. Color me red. Fire Chief Ohlhausen Ret.p
When I began my career with CDF in 1971, we had the beautiful, sleek f7f’s on fires. They were used sparingly so we only saw them once or twice a year. B17’s were also flying but I was never on a fire with them . Helicopters were a rare sight and mostly small type 3’s. I got to see the first of the S2’s and UH1’s come into service in the late 70’s. It’s still a hard, dirty job and I am proud to have been a part of it’s evolution.
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