Cal Fire is conducting its largest-scale night exercise to date, equipping crews to continue firefights well into the night.
Soaring hundreds of feet above flames, firefighters are undergoing training to use tactical equipment like night vision goggles to battle blazes after dark. It's an operation that was carefully crafted by division chief Brian Renner, a self-described 'helicopter guy.' With more than a decade of experience, he paired his passion for flying with his skill of fighting fires to create the massive training exercise taking place just north of Sacramento.
'Typically, at night the winds start to subside, the temperatures go down, the humidity goes up and when the ground firefighters are still actively engaged in the fire and they have water-dropping helicopters there to help support them and their structure defense and their perimeter control the incident,' said Renner. The crews follow nights on hillsides to resemble a fire perimeter â seen through night vision equipment.
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