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RE: ON FIRE-CALL AS A HELIBRIGADE THIS MONTH. Work. Ibiza 2022.
My respect for that!
I can't imagine still doing physically demanding and sometimes dangerous jobs in summer temperatures in that gear....
Question: do they really load this water bag with running propellers? And the crew kneels at the boarding (for safety reasons?) while the instructor stands?
Meinen Respekt dafür!
Ich kann mir nicht vorstellen, bei sommerlichen Temperaturen in der Kluft noch körperlich anstrengende und teils gefährliche Jobs zu erledigen...
Frage: lädt man wirklich diesen Wassersack mit laufenden Propellern ein? Und die Mannschaft kniet beim Einstieg (aus Sicherheitsgründen?), während der Instrukteur steht?
Thank you for your interest in my job. We live in a very hot climate in Summer when it doesn´t rain so this job is very useful. The Bambi water bag is carried in the helicopter in a metal box that is on one of the sides. When we are flown to a fire site its kept in till we are left to the ground and that is when, as a tema we have to carefully take it out and prepare it for the helicopter to elevate with it so it can go and pick water at nearby pools or water deposits. We are then left to work with dry tools and normally the helicopter refreshes ur work from the sky.In this particular video the chief of the group doen´t walk ditching because he is very small in hight. If it was any other of the guys he would also be inclined like we were. We do it for prevention just in case one day the propellers were lower, depends on the land.
Best wishes! thank you! :-)
Somehow I had thought the latter ;-)) Sunny greetings!
Irgendwie hatte ich mir letzteres gedacht ;-)) Sonnige Grüße!