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There was a medium size fire about 2 suburbs over from me on New Years Eve. The fire helicopters were out doing their part and i was able to get some shots. The bombing shots were taken about a mile away, and the refilling shots about 30m. Some of the helo shots were blurred due to shooting through heat and smoke

Carson flying back to refill


Dumping the load


You can see the distance from where i was to full zoom on the camera


Amongst the trees




Refuelling Station


Coming in for water


Big drink. The amount of downdraft was amazing, since the temperature was over 39 degrees or at least a 100 fahrenheit, everyone ran over to be doused in the spray

I stil dont get it why they dont import a Mi-26 with a 30 ton bambi-bucket for firefighting

well they have the elvis skycrane on the east coast. But yeah, we got the seaking last year, as a replacement for 4 agtruck water bombers we used to have. So now there's 4 squirrels and a seaking for firesuppression

A nice piece of on the spot reporting. Well done. [smiley=thumbsup.gif]

Terrific coverage, great photos!

Doesn't look very evening-ish...

But nice shots!

well it was about 6pm that i took the photos. sun didnt set for anothe couple of hours

Nice shots! Nothing i get to see around here! Do you also have any planes that are used for firebombing?

I was expecting fireworks, but this is totally different! Great actionshots. I hope your celebrations weren't distrurbed in the end...

Well mine weren't because i was heading off to a party when i saw this.

Like i said we used to have 4 agtrucks for firefighting during the summer months. During winter, they were relocated for crop dusting purposes. Last time i checked, they're mainly out in the country now