CDF Aviation Management Program
| | | Established | 1958 | | Staffing | 18 | | Strength | 130 contractors | | Airplanes | 23 air tankers
13 tactical planes | | Helicopters | 11 helicopters | The CDF Aviation Management Program is a branch of the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CDF). Due to the frequency and severity of wildfires in California, the state has elected to establish its own aerial firefighting force rather than rely solely on national resources. It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into human resources. ...
A Canadian firefighter A firefighter or fireman is trained and equipped to extinguish fires. ...
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The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CDF) is the State of Californias agency responsible for the administration of the states private and public forests. ...
A wildfire, also known as a wildland fire, forest fire, vegetation fire, grass fire, peat fire (gambut in Indonesia), bushfire (in Australasia), or hill fire, is an uncontrolled fire often occurring in wildland areas, but which can also consume houses or agricultural resources. ...
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Bombardier CL-415 waterbomber of the Province of Québec Aerial firefighting is a method to combat wildfires using aircraft. ...
Overview
In support of its ground forces, the CDF emergency response air program includes 23 Grumman S-2T 1,200 gallon airtankers, eleven UH-1H Super Huey helicopters, and 14 OV-10A airtactical aircraft. These aircraft are stationed at 13 air attack and nine helitack bases located statewide, and can reach most fires within 20 minutes. During high fire activity, CDF may move aircraft to better provide statewide air support. The Grumman S-2 Tracker (previously S2F) was the first purpose-built, single airframe anti-submarine warfare (ASW) aircraft to enter service with the US Navy. ...
A Bell XH-40, a prototype of the UH-1 and Bell 204 The Bell 204 and 205 are the civil versions of the ubiquitous UH-1 Iroquois military helicopters. ...
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The airtactical planes fly overhead of a fire, directing the airtankers and helicopters to critical areas of the fire for retardant and water drops. The retardant used to slow or retard the spread of a fire is a slurry mix consisting of a chemical salt compound, water, clay or a gum-thickening agent, and a coloring agent. While both air tankers and helicopters are equipped to carry fire retardant or water, the helicopters can also transport firefighters, equipment and injured personnel. A fire retardant is a substance that helps to delay or prevent combustion. ...
The average annual budget of the CDF Aviation Management Program is nearly $20 million. A total of 18 CDF personnel oversee the program with an additional 130 contract employees providing mechanical, pilot and management services.
CDF's current support contractors are DynCorp and Logistics Specialties Incorporated (LSI). DynCorp provides airtanker and airtactical aircraft pilot services, and all aircraft maintenance services. All CDF helicopters are flown by CDF pilots. LSI provides procurement and parts management services. DynCorp International (IPA: )[1] is a United States-based private military contractor (PMC) and aircraft maintenance company. ...
History
Air tankers
Tanker 910 during a drop demonstration in December 2006 The possibility of using aircraft for fighting wildland fires in California was first proposed in 1931 and again in the late 1940s after World War II. In 1953, the Nolta brothers of Willows, California proposed using their agriculture spray planes for fighting brush and grass fires. During the four fire seasons from 1954-1957, CDF used several small airtankers on a call-when-needed basis. These were primarily spray airplanes converted for use as firefighters. Also during this period, several enterprising aviation companies had been converting World War II TMB Avengers for air tanker use. Thus, in 1958 CDF first contracted for air tanker services with private aviation companies. That year contracts were let for three N3N, four Stearman and four TBM Avenger air tankers. The N3Ns and Stearmans were World War II biplanes used for pilot training and converted for use as agricultural spray planes. They were capable of carrying up to 200 gallons of fire retardant chemicals. The TBM, a World War II torpedo bomber, could deliver 600 gallons. Image File history File linksMetadata 10tanker-N450AX-061215-04-8. ...
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Grumman TBF Avengers in 1942 The Grumman TBF Avenger (designated TBM for aircraft manufactured by General Motors) was an American torpedo bomber, developed initially for the United States Navy and Marine Corps and used by a large number of air forces around the world. ...
The N3N was a two-place primary training biplane built by the Naval Aircraft Factory (N.A.F.) in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. ...
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During the ensuing years other aircraft were converted to air tankers and used by CDF. Among these were Twin Beech, Boeing B-17, Consolidated PBY, and Grumman F7F. The air tanker program continued to expand until finally in the early 1970s, a total of 14 TBMs, five F7Fs, one PBY and one B-17 comprised the CDF fleet. Beechcraft 18 on floats. ...
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PBY Catalina was the United States Navy designation for an American and Canadian-built flying boat of the 1930s and 1940s. ...
The Grumman F7F Tigercat was the first twin-engined fighter aircraft design to enter service with the United States Navy. ...
By 1970, concerns with maintainability and accidents occurring in the TBM fleet led to an evaluation of the Grumman S-2 Tracker as a new generation air tanker. Although they were still active in the Navy, four were loaned to CDF for the evaluation. The Army Aviation Test Facility at Edwards Air Force Base completed a test program that showed the S-2 was a suitable replacement for the TBM. Two S-2 prototype air tankers were placed in service in 1973 with the prototype tank being built at the CDF Mobile Equipment Facility in Davis and the S-2 modification being completed by Hemet Valley Flying Service. These conversions were accomplished using plans developed by Ontario Lands and Forests in Ontario, Canada. USN redirects here. ...
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Three TBM accidents in 1973 and three F7F accidents in 1974 accelerated the CDF S-2 modification program. As a result, contracts were entered into with four California contractors, Aero Union Corp., Sis-Q Flying Service, TBM Inc. and Hemet Valley Flying Service to modify and tank ten S-2 air tankers during the 1973/1974 winter period. As a result, 12 S-2As were placed in service in 1974 and five more were built by Bay Aviation Services and put into the fleet for the 1975 fire season. Lancaster, California, USA, is the eighth-largest city in Los Angeles County and the 10th fastest growing city in the United States. ...
Three separate leases with the U.S. Navy brought a total of 55 S-2s and 60 engines for the program. This allowed CDF to keep the fleet going until the mid-1990s when it was decided to upgrade from S-2A to S-2T air tankers. In 1987, CDF entered into an agreement with Marsh Aviation of Mesa, Arizona to build a prototype S-2T. This prototype was placed in service and used at several bases. The success of the prototype led to acquisition of 26 S-2E/G aircraft in 1996. The E/G series S-2 was larger and newer. It could haul 1200 gallons of retardant with two TPE-331 GR turboprop engines at speeds in excess of 200 kt (370.4 km/h). A contract for building 23 of the new S-2T airtankers was entered into, with 13 delivered by the end of 2002, seven additional aircraft delivered and placed in service by the end of 2004 and the final three in 2005. As the new air tankers were delivered and placed in service, the original S-2As are retired. Location in Maricopa County and the state of Arizona Coordinates: , Country United States State Arizona Counties Maricopa Government - Mayor Keno Hawker (R) Area - City 125. ...
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In 2007, CDF contracted with 10 Tanker Air Carrier for three years' of exclusive use of their DC-10 "super tanker" known as Tanker 910, at a cost of $5 million per year.[1] The McDonnell Douglas DC-10 is an American three-engine medium- to long-range widebody airliner, with two engines mounted on underwing pylons and a third engine at the base of the vertical stabilizer. ...
Tanker 910 during a drop demonstration in December, 2006 Tanker 910 is the call-sign of 10 Tanker Air Carrier, a converted McDonnell Douglas DC-10 aircraft used for fighting wildfires, typically in rural areas. ...
Air tactical aircraft In the mid-1970s, CDF found that the contractor-owned air tactical planes, mostly single-engine Cessna 182s and Cessna 210s, did not provide the airspeed and safety needed for the new air tanker program. In 1974, CDF acquired 20 retired USAF Cessna O-2 observation aircraft from Davis-Monthan Air Force Base. These O-2s had been forward air control aircraft in Vietnam, had been shipped back to the United States in containers and were disassembled and on pallets when they arrived at CDF's Fresno maintenance facility. A crew of California Conservation Corp (CCC) members reassembled the aircraft. They were placed in service in 1976. The O-2 program was a success and served the Department for more than 20 years. The Cessna 182, marketed under the name Skylane, is a four-seat, high performance, single-engine, light airplane. ...
Cessna 210 Centurion Cessna T210L A Cessna T210L shows the designs strutless cantilever wing A Cessna P210N Pressurized Centurion with its distinctive small windows The Cessna 210 Centurion is a 6 seat, high-performance, single-engine general aviation aircraft which was first flown in January 1957. ...
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In 1993, CDF obtained 16 twin-engine turbine-powered North American OV-10A aircraft from the U.S. Navy. The OV-10s replaced the O-2s as the CDF's next-generation air tactical platform.
CDF helicopter program In 1960 the Division of Forestry decided to experiment with a small, skilled initial attack, or "helitack" crew to be transported by helicopter to increase the early arrival of manpower and equipment to an initial attack fire. Although the crews were trained for hover jumping and had purchased heli-jump suits from the US Forest Service, it was never found necessary to make a jump. Six helitack hases were established in the early 1970s. They were staffed with contracted Bell JetRangers. A typical CDF helitack crew which responded with the helicopter consisted of one fire captain and two to three seasonal firefighters. Please wikify (format) this article or section as suggested in the Guide to layout and the Manual of Style. ...
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CDF began using contractor-owned helicopters for fire control in the mid 1960s. Bell 47, Hiller FH1100, Bell 206 JetRangers and Aerospatiale Alouettes were used the most through the 1970s. The helicopters were located at CDF facilities which protected high value timberlands and critical watershed areas generally in Northern and Central California with one located at Ryan Field in Southern California. The helicopter began playing an increasing role in the Department's Initial Attack strategy during the late 70s. In 1978 three Bell 205 medium helicopters were hired in addition to the standby helicopters. One helicopter was located at the Howard Forest, Mendocino Ranger Unit Headquarters. The other two were located at Hemet/Ryan Field and the Monte Vista, San Diego Ranger Unit Headquarters. Each of the medium helicopters was assigned 11 person helitack crews. Unfortunately, in the mid to late 1970s CDF experienced an increased accident rate throughout the helicopter program. Five accidents involving contractor-owned Bell Jet Rangers occurred in 1979. The Bell 47 was the first helicopter to be certified for civil use on 8 March 1946. ...
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As a result of the accidents, CDF decided that better approach would be for the agency to own and operate its own helicopters. In 1981, CDF leased 12 excess UH-1F Hueys which had previously been used by the USAF in Vietnam. Nine helicopters were initially reconditioned, and were operated as non-certificated, public-use aircraft. The first helicopter was built up November, 1981 and was placed in service at Hemet-Ryan Helitack Base. Six more F Model Hueys were built up and placed in service at helitack bases throughout California in the summer of 1982. During the first two years CDF employed “Personal Service Contract” pilots. Each base was assigned a full-time pilot and a seasonal relief pilot who covered two bases. The majority of the contract pilots became state employees in 1984. The helitack unit was designed to be a cohesive unit which consisted of the helicopter and helitack crew. A typical configuration for the helicopter was a Helitack Fire Captain in the copilot's seat and a Helitack Fire Captain plus six fire-fighters in the passenger compartment. The water bucket was replaced in 1984 with a newly designed Canadian 324-gallon Bambi bucket. In the mid-1980s, fixed water dropping tanks were installed on several helicopters. Water bucket operations over ever-increasing populated regions in the urban interface areas of eastern Riverside County had been causing a concern. An accidental drop of a water bucket could cause catastrophic results, while a fixed tank reduced the exposure. In addition, some areas where the helicopters operated had few water sources from which a helicopter could fill its bucket. A fixed tank allowed the helicopter to obtain water from sources previously unobtainable with the bucket. A USMC CH-53 Super Stallion drops water from a Bambi Bucket during a training excercise. ...
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As the 1991 lease agreement expiration date with the USAF rapidly approached, the Department started a search for a replacement that ultimately resulted in the acquisition in 1989 of the UH-1H. The airframes that the Department obtained were part of 100 that had been released by the Department of Defense to the Forest Service for distribution to states as Federal Excess Personal Property (FEPP) for wildland fire fighting. This article does not cite any references or sources. ...
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The UH-1H aircraft were significantly modified to meet CDF’s specialized needs. The modified helicopters were designated as "Super Hueys". The Super Huey sported a larger, more powerful engine, transmission and rotor system. The tail boom and tail rotor were also modified to accommodate the engine, giving the aircraft greater performance than the standard U.S. Army UH-1H helicopters in hotter and higher conditions typical of California. The United States Army is the largest and oldest branch of the armed forces of the United States. ...
Both the F model and the Super Huey maintenance programs were developed by CDF using the most restrictive overhaul/replacement criteria of the military or Bell Helicopter. All maintenance is performed by contract mechanics. Big Valley built up and maintained the F model helicopters from 1981 to 1990 at their Stockton facility. They also started building up the first Super Hueys in 1989. San Joaquin Helicopters completed the Super Huey build-ups and maintained them in their facility in Yolo County and later at the Aviation Management facility at Mather Field in Sacramento from 1989 to 1999. DynCorp was awarded the contract in 2000 and continued to maintain the Super Hueys at Mather and now at McClellan Air Park in North Highlands. Yolo County is located in the northern part of the U.S. state of California, bordered by the counties of Sacramento, Solano, Napa, Lake, Colusa, and Sutter. ...
Mather Air Force Base was a base of the United States Air Force located in Rancho Cordova, California. ...
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McClellan Air Force Base was a United States Air Force base located 10 miles (16 Kilometers) northeast of Sacramento, California. ...
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References - ^ "Supertanker ready for summer of fighting California's fires", Inland Wildfires, June 14, 2007, accessed August 6, 2007
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External links - CDF air program website
- CDF Aviation Management Procedures Handbook
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| | Counties | Alameda | Alpine | Amador | Butte | Calaveras | Colusa | Contra Costa | Del Norte | El Dorado | Fresno | Glenn | Humboldt | Imperial | Inyo | Kern | Kings | Lake | Lassen | Los Angeles | Madera | Marin | Mariposa | Mendocino | Merced | Modoc | Mono | Monterey | Napa | Nevada | Orange | Placer | Plumas | Riverside | Sacramento | San Benito | San Bernardino | San Diego | San Francisco | San Joaquin | San Luis Obispo | San Mateo | Santa Barbara | Santa Clara | Santa Cruz | Shasta | Sierra | Siskiyou | Solano | Sonoma | Stanislaus | Sutter | Tehama | Trinity | Tulare | Tuolumne | Ventura | Yolo | Yuba The U.S. state of California is divided into 58 counties. ...
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Alpine County is the smallest county, by population, in the U.S. state of California. ...
jay is gay Amador County is a county located in the Sierra Nevada of the U.S. state of California. ...
Butte County is a county located in the Central Valley of the U.S. state of California, north of state capital Sacramento. ...
Calaveras County is a county located in Californias Gold Country. ...
Colusa County is a county located in Californias Central Valley, northwest of Sacramento. ...
Contra Costa County is a suburban county in the San Francisco Bay Area of the U.S. state of California. ...
Del Norte County is the northwesternmost county in the U.S. state of California, located on the Pacific coast south of Oregon. ...
Location in the state of California Formed 1850 Seat Placerville Area - Total - Water 4,631 km² (1,788 mi²) 200 km² (77 mi²) 4. ...
Fresno County is a county located in the Central Valley of the U.S. state of California, south of Stockton and north of Bakersfield. ...
Glenn County is a county located in the California Central Valley north of Sacramento County. ...
Humboldt County is a county located on the northwest coast of the U.S. state of California, on the Pacific Ocean. ...
Imperial County is a county located in the Imperial Valley, in the far southeast of the U.S. state of California, and borders both Arizona and Mexico. ...
Inyo County is a county located in east-central California, on the east side of the Sierra Nevada south of Yosemite National Park. ...
Kern County is a county located in the southern Central Valley of the U.S. state of California. ...
Kings County is a county located in the Central Valley of the U.S. state of California, southeast of Fresno County. ...
Lake County is a county located in the north central portion of the U.S. state of California, north of the San Francisco Bay Area. ...
Lassen County is a county located in the northeastern portion of the U.S. state of California. ...
Los Angeles County is a county in California and is the most populous county in the United States. ...
Madera County is a county of California, located in the Central Valley north of Fresno County. ...
Marin County (pronounced muh-RIN) is a county located in the North San Francisco Bay Area of the U.S. state of California, across the Golden Gate Bridge from San Francisco. ...
Mariposa County is a county in the U.S. state of California, located in the western foothills of the Sierra Nevada mountains. ...
Islands off Mendocino A Beach in the City of Elk Mendocino County is a county located on the north coast of the U.S. state of California, north of the San Francisco Bay Area and Sonoma County and west of the Central Valley. ...
Merced County is a county located in Californias Central Valley, north of Fresno and southeast of San Jose. ...
Modoc County is a county located in the far northeast corner of the U.S. state of California, bounded by the state of Oregon to the north and the state of Nevada to the east. ...
Mono County is a county located in the east central portion of the U.S. state of California, to east of the Sierra Nevada between Yosemite National Park and Nevada. ...
Monterey County is a county located on the Pacific coast of California, its northwestern section forming the southern half of Monterey Bay. ...
“Napa Valley†redirects here. ...
Nevada County is a county located in Californias Sierra Nevada, in the Mother Lode country. ...
Cities in Orange County Orange County is a county in Southern California, United States. ...
Placer County is a county located in California, USAs Sierra Nevada, in the Gold Country. ...
Plumas County is a county located in Californias Sierra Nevada. ...
Riverside County is a county located in the southeastern part of the U.S. state of California, stretching from Orange County to the Colorado River, which is the border with Arizona. ...
Sacramento County is a county of the U.S. state of California. ...
San Benito County is a county located in the Coast Range Mountains of the U.S. state of California, south of San Jose. ...
San Bernardino County is the largest county in the contiguous United States by area, containing more land than each of nine states. ...
San Diego County is a county located on the Pacific Ocean in the far southwest of the U.S. state of California, along its border with Mexico. ...
“San Francisco†redirects here. ...
San Joaquin County is a county located in Central Valley of the U.S. state of California, just east of the San Francisco Bay Area. ...
San Luis Obispo County is a county located on the central Pacific coast of the U.S. state of California, between Los Angeles and the Bay Area. ...
Official website: http://www. ...
Santa Barbara County is a county located on the Pacific coast of the southern portion of the U.S. state of California, just west of Ventura County. ...
Santa Clara County is a county located in the San Francisco Bay Area of the U.S. state of California. ...
Santa Cruz County is a county located on the Pacific coast of the U.S. state of California, just south of the San Francisco Bay Area, it forms the northern coast of the Monterey Bay. ...
Shasta County is a county located in the northern portion of the U.S. state of California, in the Cascade Mountains. ...
Sierra County is a county located in Californias Sierra Nevada, northeast of Sacramento on the border with Nevada. ...
Siskiyou County is a county located in the far northernmost part of the U.S. state of California, in the Shasta Cascade region on the Oregon border. ...
Solano County is a county located in central part of the U.S. state of California, about halfway between San Francisco and Sacramento and is one of the nine San Francisco Bay Area counties. ...
Sonoma County is on the northwest coast of California, one of the northernmost parts of the greater San Francisco Bay Area, USA. Its population at the 2000 census was 458,614. ...
Stanislaus County is a county located in Californias California Central Valley, between Stockton and Fresno. ...
Sutter County is a county located along the Sacramento River in the Central Valley of the U.S. state of California, north of state capital Sacramento. ...
Tehama County (pronounced teh-HAY-muh) is a county located in the northern part of the U.S. state of California. ...
Trinity County is a county located in northwestern California, along the Trinity River and among the Klamath Mountains. ...
Tulare County is a county located in U.S. state of Californias Central Valley, south of Fresno. ...
Tuolumne County is a county located in the U.S. state of Californias Sierra Nevada. ...
Ventura County . ...
Yolo County is located in the northern part of the U.S. state of California, bordered by the counties of Sacramento, Solano, Napa, Lake, Colusa, and Sutter. ...
Yuba County is located in the U.S. state of Californias Central Valley, north of Sacramento, along the Feather River. ...
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