WEBVTT 00:06.940 --> 00:10.700 it's a challenge . We , we talked to 00:10.700 --> 00:12.760 the pilots , hey , your , we need to 00:12.760 --> 00:16.220 scoot over left or right and , and it's 00:16.230 --> 00:18.397 satisfying . I think when you actually 00:18.397 --> 00:20.508 see the result , you actually put the 00:20.508 --> 00:22.674 fire out or you actually help them out 00:22.674 --> 00:24.897 and they call back and say , hey , that 00:24.897 --> 00:26.674 was a good hit . I think that's 00:26.674 --> 00:28.841 probably the most rewarding part of it 00:28.841 --> 00:31.008 is knowing that you did a good job and 00:31.008 --> 00:33.008 that you helped somebody out . It's 00:33.008 --> 00:35.008 very fun to go out off post and dip 00:35.008 --> 00:37.700 water out of the lake . Uh , an 00:37.700 --> 00:39.867 environment that you may have not been 00:39.867 --> 00:41.867 in before because you have , that's 00:41.867 --> 00:44.033 real world training . So we may not be 00:44.033 --> 00:46.033 always dipping out of lake engineer 00:46.033 --> 00:48.256 here on camp . We may have to go find a 00:48.256 --> 00:50.460 remote pond or something to be faster 00:50.470 --> 00:53.050 at what we do . It's different . It's 00:53.050 --> 00:55.217 not something we do every single day . 00:55.217 --> 00:57.383 So it's , it's nice to get out and get 00:57.383 --> 00:59.328 out of the normal and it's still a 00:59.328 --> 01:01.383 sling load , which we do quite often 01:01.383 --> 01:03.383 training . We'll sling load several 01:03.383 --> 01:05.439 different things . It's very nice to 01:05.439 --> 01:07.439 get out and do something out of the 01:07.439 --> 01:09.606 norm and it's exciting and people like 01:09.606 --> 01:11.717 to see us do it as you can see , it's 01:11.717 --> 01:13.772 not as big as you think it is , it's 01:13.772 --> 01:15.828 roughly 5.5 ft tall , which is about 01:15.828 --> 01:17.772 the size of me . Um , it holds 660 01:17.772 --> 01:19.772 gallons when it's completely full , 01:20.050 --> 01:22.940 it's quite heavy and we have the 01:22.940 --> 01:26.780 control box over here that opens a 01:26.780 --> 01:29.050 valve at the very bottom underneath 01:29.050 --> 01:31.890 here . So when you hit the button , 01:31.950 --> 01:34.120 this valve will open and let all the 01:34.120 --> 01:36.453 water out and when it's completely full , 01:36.453 --> 01:38.731 even if it has just a little bit in it , 01:40.640 --> 01:43.120 it can be difficult if the Bambi bucket 01:43.120 --> 01:45.287 starts to swing , which is very easy . 01:45.287 --> 01:47.509 If you make small corrections very last 01:47.509 --> 01:49.564 minute it will start to swing . It's 01:49.564 --> 01:52.660 almost , it's roughly 100 ft below us , 01:52.670 --> 01:54.892 so it's like a giant pendulum and it'll 01:54.892 --> 01:56.948 just swing if you don't get it under 01:56.948 --> 01:58.948 control and then you don't hit your 01:58.948 --> 02:01.600 mark at all because if we miss or we're 02:01.600 --> 02:03.767 too late or too early , we've wasted a 02:03.767 --> 02:05.600 bucket of water and it should we 02:05.600 --> 02:07.767 actually be fighting a fire that could 02:07.767 --> 02:09.878 destroy somebody's home or crops . We 02:09.878 --> 02:12.044 need to be precise and accurate and we 02:12.044 --> 02:14.100 need to understand their terminology 02:14.100 --> 02:15.878 and they need to understand our 02:15.878 --> 02:18.044 terminology . So we try to standardize 02:18.044 --> 02:19.822 that across the board and be as 02:19.822 --> 02:21.989 accurate as we can . That way , we get 02:21.989 --> 02:23.989 aircraft in there doing Round Robin 02:23.989 --> 02:25.933 missions and we're just constantly 02:25.933 --> 02:28.600 dumping 1000 1200 gallons of water 02:28.610 --> 02:31.220 every couple of minutes and we , we can 02:31.220 --> 02:33.800 put a large fire out pretty fast if we 02:33.800 --> 02:35.911 work as a team and that's really what 02:35.911 --> 02:36.470 it's all about