🚒 Auto-Extrication Training 🚑 On Friday, CAL FIRE/Napa County Fire Department personnel participated in auto-extrication training to enhance proficiency in patient access, tool operations, and safe vehicle rescue techniques. These exercises are critical in preparing firefighters to respond effectively during emergencies where time and precision are vital. We extend our sincere appreciation to Pick-n-Pull American Canyon for hosting our crews and providing ten vehicles for this valuable trainin

15K views · 315 reactions | Here’s some footage of our pilots hard at work training with Tanker 134 in preparation for the C-130 aircraft that will be joining our CAL FIRE fleet. Our aircraft are one of the many tools that CAL FIRE utilizes to help slow the spread of wildfires, allowing our firefighters on the ground the opportunity to make progress containing the fire. | CAL FIRE | Facebook

A remarkable time lapse of planes taxiing in and out of CAL FIRE’s Airtanker Reload Base at McClellan Park in Sacramento. On this particular day, 12 Large and Very Large Airtankers were filled with 38 loads, including 195,119 gallons of retardant for the #MosquitoFire and 19,883 for the #DutchFire. | CAL FIRE

36K views · 618 reactions | At the Sonoma Air Attack Base in Santa Rosa, CAL FIRE Airtankers 85 and 86 with a load and return. Firefighters at the base refill the Grumman S-2T airtankers, which can hold up to 1,200 gallons of fire retardant. They now head off for their second drops on the #PointFire. | CAL FIRE Sonoma-Lake-Napa Unit | Facebook

28K views · 261 reactions | #BREAKING UPDATE: ***Air operations have...