LACoFireAirOps
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*Official* Los Angeles County Fire Department Air Operations Section, 24hr Fire, Rescue, Emergency Medical service. Not monitored 24/7. In emergency, dial 911.
Los Angeles County, California
Joined November 2012
Our retweets, modified tweets, quoted tweets, likes, replies, & follows are not endorsements. For additional official #LACoFD info, follow @LACoFD & @LACoFDPIO
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Now’s your chance to be a helicopter pilot w/the #LACoFD Air Ops. team. Be part of a premier team of highly skilled, exceptional pilots who fly an elite air fleet of Bell and Sikorsky helicopters. To learn more, visit: 🔗 https://t.co/bPTcx0gnqh
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JOIN OUR TEAM. LIVE THE DREAM. Now’s your chance to be an LACoFD helicopter pilot! We’re accepting applications NOW until Feb. 8, 2023 at 5 p.m. (PT). Learn more about this amazing opportunity by visiting our website at https://t.co/vueI47vjLZ.
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Video: NIGHT BRUSH FIRE 10/21/22 Two @LACoFireAirOps Firehawk helicopters used night vision technology to help knock down a wildfire above Gorman, CA. Assisting @LACoFD @KernCountyFire #PyramidFire
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HOIST RESCUES 10/9/22 Two Firehawk Paramedic helicopters worked two near simultaneous hoist rescues near Santa Clarita. COPT21 on a truck over San Francisquito Motorway and COPT22 (pictured) on a motorcyclist near Rowher Flats.
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BRUSH FIRE 10/1/22 @LACoFireAirOps helicopters assisting @Angeles_NF @LACoFD with a small wildfire still under an inversion on Angeles Crest Highway north of La Cañada Flintridge, CA. #OakwildeFire
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BRUSH FIRE 9/27/22 @LACoFireAirOps helicopters assisted @LACoFD with knocking down a small wildfire off The Old Road in Castaic, CA. Photo courtesy Dan Watson/The Signal #LisaFire
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#LoboFire BRUSH FIRE 9/24/22 - #LACoFD @LACoFireAirOps Firehawk helicopter makes a water drop on a wildfire in Calabasas, CA. 📸 @negativetoapositive (IG)
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If you fly, we can’t! Please, do not fly drones near wildfires… #IfYouFlyWeCant #NoDronesInFireZones
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Weather in the vicinity of the #LoboFire per remote automated weather station is temperature 96 degrees, relative humidity 18%, wind SSW at 6 mph, gust 12 mph
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BRUSH FIRE 9/24/22 @LACoFireAirOps water dropping helicopters assisting @LACoFD @LAFD with a wildfire near Parkway Calabasas in Calabasas, CA. #LoboFire
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Firefighters are working a small brushfire at Parkway Calabasas and Calabasas Road. Fortunately, winds are calm. @LACOFD says no word yet on acreage or cause.
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Video: PICKOFF HOIST RESCUE 9/23/22 COPT12 Paramedic helicopter rescued an adult male stranded on a ledge inside Vasquez Rocks Natural Area near Agua Dulce, CA. @LACoFD @LACoFDPIO @LACountyParks
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LISTEN TO @LACoFD911: In coordination with @Broadcastify & LA County Firefighters Association, we are now feeding all @LACoFD radio channels live! Join in and hear the action as it happens! 📡 https://t.co/QnA1luHg4s
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#BREAKING: A lost hiker has been rescued by @LACoFireAirOps in a remote are of Topanga State Park. @RoadSageLA overhead in #Sky9. #CBSLA
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At 2:15pm @USCG @LACoLifeguards @LACoFireAirOps @FireBeach located the patient at approx. 1-mile offshore, removed from the water, & transported them to a local area hospital as a psychological rescue. 🎥 @LACoFireAirOps
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#RUBYIC 12:59pm @LACOFD dispatch received a report of a swimmer that went missing while offshore in #RedondoBeach. Search was conducted by land, sea, & air.
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Video: GRASS FIRE 9/13/22 @LACoFireAirOps water dropping helicopters helped @LACoFD knock down a new wildfire off Elizabeth Lake Road near Lake Hughes, CA. @LACoFDPIO @LACOFDDIV5 #MunzFire
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NIGHT MUD/DEBRIS FLOW RESCUES 9/11/22 Two @LACoFireAirOps Firehawk helicopters used night vision technology to rescue 8 adults and 6 children from five different sites spread across several miles of the flooded Pine Canyon Road in Lake Hughes following a slow moving thunderstorm.
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NIGHT MUD/DEBRIS FLOW RESCUES 9/11/22 Two @LACoFireAirOps Firehawk helicopters used night vision technology to rescue 8 adults and 6 children from five different sites spread across several miles of the flooded Pine Canyon Road in Lake Hughes following a slow moving thunderstorm.
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Video: Overnight, @LACoFireAirOps assisted @LACoFD @Angeles_NF @kerncountyfire with knocking down a new wildfire near Three Points/Pine Canyon in the western Antelope Valley. #RanchFire
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