Crews Using Payloaders, Bulldozers To Encircle LI Brush Fires: Supe
"The goal for today is to make sure we are 100 percent contained and also 100 percent extinguished." — Southampton Supervisor Maria Moore.
Long Island officials probe if cause of fires was ‘nefarious’ or natural
The brush fires were mostly contained by Sunday morning after burning about 600 acres, injuring two firefighters and prompting a state of emergency Saturday.
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Hamptons Brush Fires Spark Fears of Historic 1995 Wildfires Repeating
Cannet, commander of the 106th Rescue Wing at Francis S. Gabreski Air National Guard Base, which deployed an HH-60G Jolly Green II helicopter to assist in the response and evacuated personnel from ...
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HC-130P/N Combat King
the 920th Rescue Group in Air Force Reserve Command and the 106th Rescue Wing, 129th RQW and 176th Wing in the Air National Guard operate the aircraft. First flown in 1964, the aircraft has served ...
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None Braver: U.S. Air Force Pararescuemen in the War on Terrorism
Hirsch has written an earlier book on the PJs, Pararescue: The Skill and Courage of the Elite 106th Rescue Wing. Most readers will be familiar with PJs from either reading or seeing A Perfect Storm.
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Long Island Wildfires Began With Backyard S’mores, Police Say
An HH-60W Jolly Green II helicopter from the 106th Rescue Wing also helped with the response. More than 80 fire departments and 10 emergency medical service units responded from Suffolk County ...
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Long Island fire: Apocalyptic scenes at Westhampton as enormous blaze breaks out
Jeffrey D Cannet, the commander of the 106th Rescue Wing at Francis S. Gabreski Air National Guard Base in Westhampton Beach, said according to amNY: "We are actively working with local fire ...