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A-Flex collapsible Monsoon Bucket.

A Bambi bucket is a collapsible bucket used in aerial firefighting as a means for helicopters to carry water and drop it on a fire. The term is both a generic term in the firefighting profession^[1] and in the media^[2]^[3] for such a tool, and is also used as a trademarked product brand by the manufacturer of one line of buckets. Image File history File links Size of this preview: 438 Ã— 599 pixelsFull resolution (585 Ã— 800 pixels, file size: 164 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) A-Flex collapsable Monsoon Bucket Author: Kiwianaa Source: Kiwianaa Location: New Zealand Date: 02/2007 Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 438 Ã— 599 pixelsFull resolution (585 Ã— 800 pixels, file size: 164 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) A-Flex collapsable Monsoon Bucket Author: Kiwianaa Source: Kiwianaa Location: New Zealand Date: 02/2007 Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document... Bombardier CL-415 waterbomber of the Province of QuÃ©bec Aerial firefighting is a method to combat wildfires using aircraft. ...

Collapsible buckets have been in use since at least the 1970s. The branded version of the Bambi Bucket was developed by Don Arney and has been in production since 1983 by SEI Industries. SEI's Bambi Bucket was selected by the U.S. Marine Corps for use with their CH-46 Sea Knight helicopters, for use in firefighting support on Okinawa.^[4] Year 1983 (MCMLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1983 Gregorian calendar). ... United States Marine Corps Emblem The United States Marine Corps (USMC) is the second smallest of the five branches of the United States armed forces, with 170,000 active and 40,000 reserve Marines as of 2002. ... April 1, 2004: Sailors from USS Saipan (LHA-2) rush out to unchain a CH-46 Sea Knight. ... This article is about the prefecture. ...

Other companies make similar buckets. A-Flex Technology makes a bucket branded as the Monsoon Bucket, and this term is also used generically for collapsible buckets in Australia and New Zealand.

Collapsible buckets are suspended on a cable beneath a helicopter, which dips the bucket into a water source such as a pond or river to till the bucket. Depending on the type of bucket, the water source can be as shallow as 1 foot (30.5 cm). The bucket has a controllable valve on the bottom which releases the water on the command of the helicopter pilot. The system can be modified to include fire retardant foam and the ability to pump water from the bucket into an internal tank. Foam is a suppressant (which is similar to dish soap) that is applied to fires to suppress or extinguish them. ...

There are 20 sizes available: 72 to 2,600 gallons (275 to 9,840 liters), with the size used being dependent on the lifting capacity of the helicopter used.

References

^ Only You, U.S. Forest Service public service website
^ "Rescue interrupts fire, water demo", The Garden Island, October 7, 2007, accessed November 7, 2007
^ "Bambi comes to the rescue", Guardlife, Volume 33, no. 2
^ "HMM-265 flies with new aerial fire fighting system", USMC news release, December 5, 2005, accessed November 7, 2007

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A USMC CH-53 Super Stallion drops water from a Bambi ucket during a training exercise. Download high resolution version (1960x3008, 2437 KB) Source: http://www. ... The United States Marine Corps (USMC) is a branch of the United States military responsible for providing power projection from the sea,[1] utilizing the mobility of the U.S. Navy to rapidly deliver combined-arms task forces. ... Designated S-80E internally by the United States military. ...

A CH-47 Chinook with a 2,000 gallon Bambi bucket during a training mission]] Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 533 Ã— 600 pixelsFull resolution (1200 Ã— 1350 pixels, file size: 203 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) File historyClick on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time. ... The Boeing CH-47 Chinook is a versatile, twin-engine, tandem rotor heavy-lift helicopter. ...

Bell 212 refilling from a shallow stream Image File history File links Size of this preview: 393 Ã— 599 pixelsFull resolution (1312 Ã— 1999 pixels, file size: 543 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Bell-212 helicopter filling bucket from Clarks Fork River during 1988 Yellowstone fire, image taken by Jim Peaco, 1988 and retrieved from the following page... The Bell 212 Twin Huey (also known as the Twin Two-Twelve) is a medium civilian helicopter that first flew in 1968. ...

A Bell 212 refills its bucket from a "pumpkin", a temporary water source set up by fire crews. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ...

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