Dome Fire Helicopter Operations

Helicopter are being us on The Dome Fire in Yosemite National Park for more than just water drops. Helicopters are required to transport crews and their cargo to the line. They are also delivering food, water, and shelter to firefighters. This allows crews to stay for extended periods of time and fight this wildfire. Slide 1. Introduction Slide Dome Fire Helicopter Operations National Park Service Logo, California Team 4 Logo, and U.S. Wildland Fire Service Logo Slide 2. Picture of granite rocks and trees at Yosemite National Park Slide 3. Granite rock with sunset and wildfire smoke. Slide 4. Group of firefighters with their gear Slide 5. Ostrander Lake with smoke Slide 6. Firefighter taping tools together Slide 7. Firefighter walking to a blue helicopter and getting into it. Slide 8. Water and Gatorade Slide 9. Boxes of freeze-dried meals Slide 10. Five-gallon gas cans and cardboard boxes Slide 11. Meals Ready to Eat and other supplies. Slide 12. Fireman carrying bags with a trailer in the background Slide 13. Bear Containers Slide 14. Cargo nets and carboard boxes Slide 15. 2 firefighters packaging supplies for a sling load Slide 16. A firefighter preparing a cargo net Slide 17. A firefighter adjusting a swivel on a cargo net Slide 18. Video of the cargo deck and supplies at the helibase Slide 19. Video of a red and white helicopter with a long line lifting off from the airport Slide 20. Video of a yellow and white helicopter overhead with a long line. This helicopter drops a remote hook on the ground, and two firefighters hook the nets to it. The helicopter then lifts two cargo nets with supplies. Slide 21. Video of a red and white helicopter with a long line and two cargo nets filled with equipment from the firefighters. Slide 22. Two nets filled with cargo being lowered to the ground. Slide 23. A fire crew unloading supplies out of a cargo net. Slide 24. A red pick up truck with a full bed of supplies. Slide 25. Closing Slide Dome Fire Helicopter Operations National Park Service Logo, California Team 4 Logo, and U.S. Wildland Fire Service Logo