This is the daily activities surrounding an wildland fire initial attack crew. Known as Helitack, a helicopter is the vehicle of choice for searching out and attacking wildfires.
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There are many crews that have added valuable tools (skills) to supplement their capabilities as a helitack crew. Two tools that often carry a lot of hype are Rappel and Short-haul. Rappel is of course what you would imagine. It typically involves...
This season has been different... and the terminology attached to that difference was "Fire for Resource Benefit". Many members of the crew felt that we should have made up some T-shirts that prominently displayed "Fire for Resource Benefit Tour of...
Below are a few random yet connected pictures of the various ways that Zion Helitack plays a role in the management of Zion National Park. On occassion we are asked what we do for the Park, below are a few pictures showing a couple of the things we...
I know that it has been a long while since the last update. A lot has occured! When things slow down, it is our intention to update the blog with pictures and stories. Until then, we will continue to ramp down for the season...
We completed the...
