On a mild June day in Porterville , Cal
"In almost all state responsibility areas we can have firefighting aircraft to the scene of an incident within twenty minutes," said Captain Gratian Bidart with Cal Fire.
A rapid response is the primary goal of Bidart and his air attack crew based inPorterville
"It's been slow the past couple days but we can have four, five, six fires a day," said Bidart.
And for the pilots in the air that means long hours spent dropping thousands of gallons of fire retardant on fires across the central valley.
“This is our job and it's a rewarding job, we know that we have a lot of long days and long hours ahead of us when these fires break and we are out trying to suppress them," said Bidart.
"In almost all state responsibility areas we can have firefighting aircraft to the scene of an incident within twenty minutes," said Captain Gratian Bidart with Cal Fire.
A rapid response is the primary goal of Bidart and his air attack crew based in
"It's been slow the past couple days but we can have four, five, six fires a day," said Bidart.
And for the pilots in the air that means long hours spent dropping thousands of gallons of fire retardant on fires across the central valley.
“This is our job and it's a rewarding job, we know that we have a lot of long days and long hours ahead of us when these fires break and we are out trying to suppress them," said Bidart.