The Brief
- We have seen overnight water dumps on the fires burning in California.
- Those types of nighttime aerial drops are a rare occurrence in Arizona.
- So why don’t these drops happen more often in the Grand Canyon State? We explore.
PHOENIX – We know fires are fought on the ground and from the air.
Firefighters carrying out drops in the middle of the night in California are something many of us are seeing for the first time, especially in Arizona.
We learned there are several factors that play into why Arizona fire crews suspend aerial drops at night. …