Four UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters piloted and crewed by Kansas Army National Guard Soldiers joined the Anderson Creek wildfire fight March 26. The helicopters arrived in Medicine Lodge, Kansas, March 26 and dropped approximately 124 buckets of water, equating to an estimated total of more than 68,000 gallons, on active flames and hot spots as directed by incident officials March 26-27. According to the Kansas Forest Service, the Anderson Creek Fire is the largest in state history.
Sound bites:
Mark Masters, fire operations director, incident management team, 00;01
Maj. Kevin Kennedy, Black Hawk helicopter pilot, Kansas Army National Guard, 00;09
Gaten Wood, agency administrator, Barber County, 2;07
| Date Taken: | 03.28.2016 |
| Date Posted: | 03.28.2016 18:08 |
| Category: | Package |
| Video ID: | 456103 |
| VIRIN: | 160328-A-VX744-001 |
| Filename: | DOD_103164046 |
| Length: | 00:02:48 |
| Location: | TOPEKA, KANSAS, US |
| Hometown: | SALINA, KANSAS, US |
| Hometown: | TOPEKA, KANSAS, US |
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