Deleting aircraft in the Harz: Pioneers of fire fighting in use!

Deleting aircraft in the Harz: Pioneers of fire fighting in use!

Harz, Deutschland - In times of increasing risk of forest fires, air support in fire fighting is becoming increasingly important. The resin circuit has now reacted and relies on an effective solution: a fire -fighting aircraft. Balcerowski, a representative of the cooperation project, explains: "Some are now approaching the topic." This extinguishing aircraft is an empty lid that can be activated quickly if it is not required in the resin circuit. The process is very simple: a call is enough to send the aircraft to the site.

The fire -fighting aircraft is available to the respective operations management and significantly simplifies the fire fighting. Particular attention is paid to the establishment of provisional landing sites, which enable the aircraft to quickly fill up with water and bring it back into the air. This ensures that efficient missions can be realized. A look at the costs shows that the assignment is around 3,400 euros net per hour, which is flipped to the respective circles.

The technology behind the extinguishing aircraft

The current fire-fighting aircraft, the Canadair CL-215T, is specially designed for fire fighting and has a long history that goes back to the 1920s. As early as 1955, the first Boeing Stair Model 75 successfully used as a fire-fighting aircraft. A lot has happened since then: fire aircraft can now throw up to 77,000 liters of water. The Canadian CL-215, which is considered a pioneer among the fire-fighting aircraft, remains important support in forest fire fighting with the CL-415

water is no longer the only drop of extinguishing. In order to proceed more effectively against the more intensive forest fires-often due to climate change-water-chemical mixtures are also used. According to Alexander Held, an expert from the European Forest Institute, the increase in forest fires is a direct result of the extreme weather conditions, which are caused by climate change. Therefore, it is crucial for the emergency services that extinguishing aircraft and helicopters are quickly ready to use to ensure immediate first -time

The future of fire fighting

Interest in innovative technologies in fire fighting is growing steadily. The use of unmanned aircraft is already being tested to further increase the efficiency of fire fighting. Drones that are equipped with extinguishing agents could play an even bigger role in the future. There are promising approaches that could expand the arsenal of the fire brigades and, in a way, make the sky a "flying fire brigade".

It remains exciting to observe how the cooperation in the Harz district is developing and what further measures are taken to improve fire fighting.