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- So I'm the senior member
of expatriate firefighting

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within the NWSS.

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So it's my job to advise
and coordinate our efforts

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within the command to support
any mission that we're given.

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So currently we are outside
of Coleville, California

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supporting the slink fire,
which is burning into

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Mountain Warfare Training
Center, Bridgeport.

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So we're supporting a
multi-agency LZ here in Coleville,

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supporting the aircraft
as far as firefighting

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and rescue efforts go.

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So we support the helipad
in almost any aspect

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that they need, whether it's
a firefighting, a rescue,

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we can do desperate Bateman,
we can support hot refuels,

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fuel spills, AskPat
incidents, medical responses,

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pretty much anything
that's small LZ would need

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we can provide them.

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I don't have a lot of concerns
operating here just because

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we're getting the full
support that we need

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from the US Forest Service,

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as well as Mountain Warfare
Training Center, Bridgeport.

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So we feel fully supported
and ready to execute

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the mission we need.

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So day-to-day, we're
supporting their landing zone.

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So we're supporting their
flight ops in and out refueling

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and cargo drops and loads
here that just involves

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having to cross standby in case

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there's any type of incident, fuel spill,

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hard landing medical incident
that happens within the salesy

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that we can respond to
immediately as a firefighter

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and as a brain,

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it feels pretty awesome to
be able to be the first one

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selected to come up here and
provide this support such short

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notice to all these agencies it's aircraft

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from across the country, even,

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out of the country and
to help these efforts,

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the fires contained and extinguished.