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It . 862

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is available for another . They may

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wear different uniforms but these

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warriors are training for the same

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fight on Saturday , April 22 aviators

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with the California National Guard

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teamed up with CAL fire for a two day

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training exercise in Amador County to

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prepare for the upcoming wildfire

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season . When big fires go all of us in

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the forest service , everybody is very

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busy . All the type one helicopters get

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used up and then we rely on the cow

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guard to step up and fill the gap kind

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of surge capacity for fighting fire .

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The training is part of a long standing

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agreement between cow fire and the

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guard to provide water drops ,

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surveillance , air rescue and logistics

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support during the complex wildfire

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that training once completed allows the

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cow National Guard to take

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firefighters what we call military

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helicopter managers and put them on our

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aircraft as crew members and they

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integrate our military aircraft into

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firefighting operations . During the

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exercise service members worked side by

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side with their cow fire counterparts ,

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loading hundreds of gallons into these

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band budgets and conducting water drops

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over party reservoir . They'll call

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over the radio to launch just like we

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would on a regular fire . We'll go to a

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nearby lake or a pond and pick up water

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and we'll go to the fire side to

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simulate the fire site where they have

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ground crews there simulating fires

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with orange canvases or whatnot and

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we'll attack it just like we would in a

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real fire . The training definitely

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helps because you get used to the crew

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mix the way the crew works together

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with the fire as wildfires grow more

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complex communication and integration

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become essential weapons in the fight

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training event is so

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critical to our partnership with CAL

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fire when we're out there and it's hot

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and you're in an emergency and you're

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fighting fires and it's a very high

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tempo , high stress situation . So

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forming those bonds early , helps

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ensure safety over later . And when

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moving operations .