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Show phge City eins SERVING MILFORD AND WESTERN BEAVER COUNTY A ag a SINCE 50 rents: AUGUST 5, 1994 VOL. IV_ our local fire. The GIS Weekend kvents Saturday - August 6 George Marshall Stakes at Beaver Race Track flight Post Time- 2:00 p.m. uses satellite tracking and can determine accuracy _ within 6 feet. Dubrasky expressed his appreciation to the people of Milford for their cooperation and support during the emergency. "Good food, Milford Bench Fire Was The Largest In Cedar City BLM District History hot showers, luxuries in this job," he said. The Station Restaurant provided breakfast and dinner for the fire crews. four specially modified fire bombers on contract to BLM and the _ Forest Service. It cruises at about 180 mph, and can slow to below 100 mph for a drop. The craft has a 400 gallon Milford 4-H Gymkhana at Milford rodeo grounds Sign-up at 6:00 p.m. oto by Darren Mathis and a place to rest are real Tatia Bradshaw put in some extra long hours at the airport in support of the operation. "I'm happy to help. The crews have been cordial and polite," she said. Gary Hendrickson flies the single engine jet turbo prop air tanker pictured above. It is one of Dodge City News extends a special "Thank You" to all who were involved. 1,252 acres burned at Cave Canyon. NO. 31 _ | an admirable job of fighting The last of the. Apache crews left Cedar . City Thursday morning after successfully putting out the fires in our area. Andrew Dubrasky, Cedar City BLM spokesperson said the 8mile-long Milford Bench fire burned a total of 10,021, and was the largest blaze ever in this district. An additional 374 acres near Blundell Geothermal was also charred. A Global Positioning System flight yesterday showed at total of ~ 1991 capacity for fire retardant or foam. At the pilot's discretion, the cargo can be and Nate Alldredge man the earthbound part of the mobile reload operation, and can have the Hendrickson dumped in one or more salvos or strung out in a trail. While fighting: the . bench fire Hendrickson dropped retardant from an altitude of approximately 20 feet. "The secret is to get fighting fires, Hendrickson is in the agri-aircraft business in — Willows, close to, but never touch the California. planet earth," he said. Thanks to a concept developed by BLM, the operation is self-contained, with the help of a truck and ground crew. Scott Barnum vacation. It is a lower stress environment than the day to day business routine," he said. There are less than 100 active fire bombing pilots in the world. back in the minutes. When air he within is not "This is a big Events start at 6:30 Barrels, poles, flag race, musical tire, egg relay, stick horse race for 5 & under. Tickets are still available for the 2-burner gas grill to be raffled off August 12. Proceeds go to Milford 4-H Horsemanship Club. Darren Mathis, who took the _ Hendrickson's: member photo plane of the is of The July 30 golf a tournament Helitack crew. They are the first men on the scene after a fire has been reported. The pilot, George Wurzberg, flies in and leaves two or three crew members, just behind the fire, with radios and hand tools. They attach the bucket to the helicopter, and the fire fighting process begins. Six hand crews, including the Navajo Color Country 3 & 4 teams, did _ results were: Ist Gross - Chad Hardy /61 gross 2nd Gross - Todd Myers/64 gross Ist Net - Aaron Jones/51 net 2nd Net - Jason McDermott/53 net |
