What’s a helitack crew? 🚁🚁 A helitack crew is a team of highly trained firefighters and their pilot who are transported by helicopter to provide rapid initial attack and assist with rescues—particularly in areas that are remote, rugged, or inaccessible by vehicle. Their aerial deployment gets them to the incident within minutes and begin suppression efforts right away. On the ground, they use hand tools, chainsaws, and other equipment to stop a fire’s spread, while the helicopter supports thei
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What’s a helitack crew? 🚁🚁 A helitack crew is a team of highly trained firefighters and their pilot who are transported by helicopter to provide rapid initial attack and assist with rescues—particularly in areas that are remote, rugged, or inaccessible by vehicle. Their aerial deployment gets them to the incident within minutes and begin suppression efforts right away. On the ground, they use hand tools, chainsaws, and other equipment to stop a fire’s spread, while the helicopter supports thei
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🚁 HELITACK CREW DISPATCHED 🚁 Brandvlei, Rawsonville VWS Helitack crew dispatched from Stellenbosch Air Fields to assist @Cape Winelands DM #vws #firefighter #helitack | Volunteer Wildfire Services
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🚁 HELITACK CREW DISPATCHED 🚁 Brandvlei, Rawsonville VWS Helitack crew dispatched from Stellenbosch Air Fields to assist @Cape Winelands DM #vws #firefighter #helitack | Volunteer Wildfire Services
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Prado Crew 2, Prado Helitack, Copter 305, and E3566 - crew shuttle operations- Due to inaccessibility of some fires, it may be necessary to conduct these ops to get resources to their assigned location. Helicopters can be designated to transport crews, gear and logistical supplies. #trainingday #trainingtuesday #calfire #calfireairops Music - Metallica (For whom the bell tolls) | CAL FIRE San Bernardino/Inyo/Mono Unit
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Prado Crew 2, Prado Helitack, Copter 305, and E3566 - crew shuttle operations- Due to inaccessibility of some fires, it may be necessary to conduct these ops to get resources to their assigned location. Helicopters can be designated to transport crews, gear and logistical supplies. #trainingday #trainingtuesday #calfire #calfireairops Music - Metallica (For whom the bell tolls) | CAL FIRE San Bernardino/Inyo/Mono Unit
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Ride along with the CAL FIRE Boggs Mountain Helitack crew on a recent air rescue training operation. The CAL FIRE HAWK, a Sikorsky S70i firefighting helicopter, is also equipped with an external hoist for rescue missions. This specialized rescue technique involves highly trained firefighters being lowered from a hovering helicopter to an injured or trapped person below. Once secured to a harness or stokes basket, both the victim and rescuer are then hoisted into the helicopter and flown to a lan
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Ride along with the CAL FIRE Boggs Mountain Helitack crew on a recent air rescue training operation. The CAL FIRE HAWK, a Sikorsky S70i firefighting helicopter, is also equipped with an external hoist for rescue missions. This specialized rescue technique involves highly trained firefighters being lowered from a hovering helicopter to an injured or trapped person below. Once secured to a harness or stokes basket, both the victim and rescuer are then hoisted into the helicopter and flown to a lan
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The VWS Helitack crew was called out with Leading Edge Aviation to assist on Wemmershoek Road on Saturday, 20 December 2025. The Cape Winelands District Municipality’s Fire Services responded to a fire on the Berg River side of the R45. The fire, which started along a road verge and was driven by very strong, hot winds, jumped the road and spread onto Wemmershoek Road. Multiple properties were placed at risk. CWDM deployed aerial resources, ground teams and multiple firefighting vehicles, with a
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The VWS Helitack crew was called out with Leading Edge Aviation to assist on Wemmershoek Road on Saturday, 20 December 2025. The Cape Winelands District Municipality’s Fire Services responded to a fire on the Berg River side of the R45. The fire, which started along a road verge and was driven by very strong, hot winds, jumped the road and spread onto Wemmershoek Road. Multiple properties were placed at risk. CWDM deployed aerial resources, ground teams and multiple firefighting vehicles, with a
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Check out this video of Ravendale Helitack Crew H553 training for a hover hookup! This maneuver is used when there is not enough room to safely get the helicopter, a Bell 407 HP, on the ground to pick up equipment. Crews practice this operation at their home base in Ravendale, CA to be prepared when out in the field fighting wildfires. Video by Jeremy Stocks, BLM #FireYear2020 #DOIDelivers #FireJob #NotYourOrdinaryJob Bureau of Land Management Fire and Aviation Bureau of Land Management | Bureau
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Check out this video of Ravendale Helitack Crew H553 training for a hover hookup! This maneuver is used when there is not enough room to safely get the helicopter, a Bell 407 HP, on the ground to pick up equipment. Crews practice this operation at their home base in Ravendale, CA to be prepared when out in the field fighting wildfires. Video by Jeremy Stocks, BLM #FireYear2020 #DOIDelivers #FireJob #NotYourOrdinaryJob Bureau of Land Management Fire and Aviation Bureau of Land Management | Bureau
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CAL FIRE helicopters don’t just drop water. They also deliver a crew of nine to combat the fire. Here is a look at what happens when those firefighters hit the ground. #firefighter #Helitack | CAL FIRE
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CAL FIRE helicopters don’t just drop water. They also deliver a crew of nine to combat the fire. Here is a look at what happens when those firefighters hit the ground. #firefighter #Helitack | CAL FIRE
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The Chuchupate Helitack crew from the Los Padres National Forest is here assisting the #GarnetFire on the Sierra National Forest with their Type 2 Bell 205A1 UH-1 helicopter. This 1975 Huey is a civilian variant helicopter that can seat up to nine passengers including the pilot. It also carries a 320-gallon water tank with a snorkel system that can refill in just a foot of water, making every drop count. The Bell 205A1 is an asset on this fire whether needed for water drops, transporting teams i
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Volunteer Wildfire Services on Instagram: "HELITACK DEPLOYED | FRANSCHHOEK FIRE 🔥 This morning, our VWS Helitack team was deployed to support @winelandsfpa and @capewinelands_dm1 at the Franschhoek fire. Helitack crews are specially trained to operate in steep and remote terrain, rapidly suppressing fires, constructing containment lines, and coordinating aerial water drops. Our operations are made possible thanks to the skilled pilots from @leadingedgeaviationsa , who safely transport an
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