A fleet of planes from the government of Saskatchewan sit at Glacier Park International Airport Saturday afternoon. The plane in the foreground is a craft that fire professionals call a “Bird-dog” because it surveys a wildfire and helps guide water drops from the larger CL-215s, popularly known as “Super Scoopers.” The team has been in Northwest Montana for a few weeks helping ground crews control wildfires burning in Glacier National Park as well as the …
August 26, 2018
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Battalion of aircraft fight fires from the sky
Firefighters battling wildland blazes in Northwest Montana for the last month do a lot of grueling, dirty, tough work. But much of what they do would not be possible without the support of equipment that drop water on the fires, such as water tankers and helicopters.