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		jonstewart on Jan 9, 2025 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: LA wildfires force thousands to evacuate, NASA JPL... Hundreds or thousands of planes??? “Federal agencies are responsible for managing 200 to 300 wildland fire aircraft.” - Nat’l Interagency Fire Center, https://www.nifc.gov/resources/aircraft “CAL FIRE’s fleet of more than 60 fixed and rotary wing aircraft make it the largest civil aerial firefighting fleet in the world.” — CAL FIRE, https://www.fire.ca.gov/what-we-do/fire-protection/aviation-...

ravenstine on Jan 9, 2025 [–]

I was throwing out a number. Clearly, my perspective is that we need more water-dropping aircraft than we have or that we are borrowing.

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