Usoro Nchịkwa Ụgbọelu nke CDF
| Agency overview | |
|---|---|
| Established | 1958 |
| Employees | 130 contractors |
| Staffing | 18 |
| Facilities and equipment | |
| Airplanes | 23 S-2T air tankers 7 C-130H air tankers, from 2023 15 OV-10A tactical planes 1 OV-10D tactical plane |
| Helicopters | 12 helicopters |
Iji kwado ndị agha ya n'ala, Ngalaba Na-ahụ Maka Ọhịa na Nchebe Ọkụ nke California (CAL FIRE) mmemme nnaghachi ikuku mberede gụnyere 23 Grumman S-2T 1,200 gallon airtankers, 12 UH-1H Super Huey helicopters, na 16 OV-10A airtactical aircraft. Ọ na-agbakwunye 7 C-130H 4,000 gallon airtankers. A na-etinye ụgbọelu ndị a na 14 airtanker na 11 (10 CAL FIRE, 1 njikọ CAL FRE / San Diego County Sheriff) helitack bases dị na steeti niile, ma nwee ike iru ọtụtụ ọkụ n'ime nkeji 20.[1] N'oge nnukwu ọkụ, CAL FIRE nwere ike ịkwaga ụgbọelu iji nye nkwado ikuku nke steeti niile.
Ụgbọelu airtactical na-efe n'elu n'ọkụ, na-eduzi ụgbọelu na helikọpta gaa n'ebe dị oke egwu nke ọkụ maka ihe na-egbochi na mmiri. Ihe na-egbochi ma ọ bụ na-egbolata mgbasa nke ọkụ bụ ngwakọta nke nwere kemịkal nnu, mmiri, ụrọ ma ọ bụ ihe na-eme ka ọ sie ike, na ihe na-acha. Ọ bụ ezie na ma ụgbọ mmiri na helikọpta nwere ngwá ọrụ iji buru ihe na-egbochi ọkụ ma ọ bụ mmiri, helikọpt nwekwara ike ibuga ndị ọrụ mgbanyụ ọkụ, ngwá ọrụ na ndị ọrụ merụrụ ahụ.
Ndị na-akwado CAL FIRE ugbu a bụ DynCorp na Logistics Specialties Incorporated (LSI). DynCorp na-enye ọrụ ụgbọelu airtanker na airtactical, na ọrụ mmezi ụgbọelu niile. Ndị ọkwọ ụgbọelu CAL FIRE na-efe helikọpta CAL FRE niile. LSI na-enye ọrụ ịzụta na njikwa akụkụ.
Enwere ike iji ụgbọ elu lụ ọgụ ọkụ na California na 1931 na ọzọ na njedebe 1940 ka Agha Ụwa nke Abụọ gasịrị. N'afọ 1953, ụmụnna Nolta nke Willows, California tụrụ aro iji ụgbọ elu na-efesa ọrụ ugbo maka ịlụ ọgụ ahịhịa na ahịhịa. N'ime oge ọkụ anọ sitere na 1954 ruo 1957, CAL FIRE ji ọtụtụ obere ụgbọ elu na-akpọ oku mgbe achọrọ. Ndị a bụ ụgbọ elu ndị na-efe efe gbanwere maka ojiji dị ka ndị na-agbanyụ ọkụ. Ọzọkwa n'ime oge a, ọtụtụ ụlọ ọrụ ụgbọ elu na-eme mgbanwe na-atụgharị Agha Ụwa nke Abụọ Grumman TBM Avengers maka ojiji ụgbọ elu ikuku. Ya mere, na 1958 CAL FIRE na ụlọ ọrụ ụgbọ elu nkeonwe nwere nkwekọrịta maka ọrụ ụgbọ elu ikuku. N'afọ ahụ, e nyere nkwekọrịta maka ụlọ ọrụ ụgbọ elu atọ nke NavalN3Ns na Stearmans bụ ụgbọelu abụọ nke Agha Ụwa nke Abụọ e ji nye ọzụzụ ndị na-anya ụgbọelu ma gbanwee maka iji ya mee ihe dị ka ụgbọelu na-agbasa ozi. Ha nwere ike iburu ihe ruru galọn 200 nke kemịkal na-egbochi ọkụ. TBM, ụgbọelu bọmbụ torpedo nke Agha Ụwa nke Abụọ, nwere ike ịnye 600 galọn.
- ↑ Aviation Program. CAL FIRE Aviation Management Program. Archived from the original on 3 April 2023. Retrieved on 21 April 2023.