CalFire helicopter training near Angels Camp planned

  • Source: Sonora Union Democrat
  • Published: 03/23/2017 07:38 PM

The Cal Fire Tuolumne-Calaveras Unit will conduct a fire and training exercise in the use of a helitorch, an aerial burn-management tool, at the Whittle Vegetation Management Program site (VMP) west of Angels Camp next week. The training will begin Tuesday and conclude Friday. Each day, burns will be conducted between 10 a.m. and 5 p.m. A helitorch is a fuel tank and flame emission gauge suspended from the bottom of a helicopter used to remove potential fuel from areas surrounding an advancing flame.



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