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Max Fire Short Haul Initial Attack 2022

  • Incident Information:

    Attachment Size
    Max Fire Short-Haul Initial Attack RLS.pdf (506.05 KB) 506.05 KB

  • Location:

    Colorado

  • Date:

    07/02/2022

  • Incident Type:

    Multiple

  • Description:

    Max Fire - San Juan National Forest, Colorado

    Because of the amount of time it would have taken to hike two personnel in, contain the fire, and hike back out— and with the potential for adverse weather moving in—everyone on board agreed that a short-haul fire insertion would be the safest and most efficient way to contain the fire. The Duty Officer was contacted on the radio and the crew relayed that a short-haul operation would be the best, safest option for getting fire personnel into the fire quickly. The Duty Officer agreed and gave the approval to proceed.

    Multiple, Initial Attack, Helicopters, RLS

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