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WATER SCOOPING OPERATION [1 record]

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Record 1 1990-03-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Fire-Fighting Techniques
  • Brush, Prairie and Forest Fires
CONT

The [Canadair] CL-215 offers fire protection agencies three methods of attacking fires in grass, brush or forest: (1) with pre-mixed long term chemicals (...) (2) with short-term retardants mixed automatically during the water scooping operation; and (3) with plain water scooped from any 3/4 mile (1,2000 m) stretch of lake or ocean near the fire.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Manœuvres d'intervention (incendies)
  • Incendies de végétation
DEF

Opération au cours de laquelle un avion-citerne fait le plein en eau en se déplaçant à la surface d'un plan d'eau.

Spanish

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