Pilotes de Canadairs à l'entraînement au lac d'Arjuzanx

Pilotes de Canadairs à l'entraînement au lac d'Arjuzanx

Every spring, pilots of the Emergency Preparedness Canadairs train for the wildfires. The journalist filmed their training of the day on the lake of Arjuzanx. Dive firefighters secure the lake before the pilots approach the canadairs. Firefighters inspect coastal or inland water bodies for possible developments: the depth of the lake must be between 2 and 3 metres and there must be a corridor of at least 1000 metres for aircraft to take off after scooping. The first canadairs arrived in the southwest after the large fires of 1989 and 1990. They are prepositioned in the region during the summer or called to the rescue from the base of Marignane. The factual images of the training are punctuated by the interview of Commander Jean Yves PEREZ, SDIS des Landes.

01

 

min

 

38

 

sec

File : Canadair

Publication date : 10 May 2013