Sitting in a Centennial hangar is a Black Hawk helicopter far from fit to fly. By the end of the year, it’ll be transformed to special wildfire fighting Firehawk.
“These aim to put out brush fires before they become forest fires,” Senior Project Engineer Hudson Smith said.
In the meanwhile, as it sits in aeronautic surgery, fires are still breaking out. Wildfire is part of the natural ecology of Colorado, but it’s no longer confined to a season — as the tragedy of the Marshall fire shows all too starkly. Every plume of smoke is an exclamation point on what the bird can be doing once it starts flying.
“Whenever I see that type of stuff happen, I’m always looking for ways to work with the team to shave some time off and get the aircraft out there even sooner,” Lama said. “But there are some limitations we just can’t work through. It’s a heartache, but at the same time we also want to make sure we deliver a quality, safe product to the customer. We don’t want to cut corners.”Click markers for details, use buttons to change what wildfires are shown.
Incident types are numbered 1-5 — a type 1 incident is a large, complex wildfire affecting people and critical infrastructure, a type 5 incident is a small wildfire with few personnel involved. Find more information about incident types at the bottom of
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