California Fires: Firefighting helicopter pulls off clean water drop in Pacific Palisades

A firefighting helicopter pulled off a clean water drop over a fire in Pacific Palisades, prompting FOX 11's Marla Tellez and Elex Michaelson to notice the successful fire response. The drop marks a major contrast from the previous day on January 7 where no one had access to water and residents complained of the city's response to the 17,000-acre fire.
California fires are wreaking havoc on Los Angeles as crews battle several massive blazes, including the Sunset Fire, Palisades Fire, Eaton Fire, Lidia Fire, Hurst Fire and Woodley Fire. Areas impacted include the Hollywood Hills, Pacific Palisades, Altadena, Pasadena, Sylmar, Acton and parts of Ventura County.
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[@Lights_Darks]

Now THAT was a DROP!! Whoa!!

[@SigFigNewton]

The winds died down enough for helicopters to begin pitching in? Good!

[@AncientCuriosities]

This is very sad. I hope everything will be fine soon.

[@dirkdigler5190]

10/10 would watch again.

[@gracefultimes]

Woww!! Amazing, great job!!

[@ryderray2720]

we have the best firefighters in the world! Not to mention our inmates that choose to risk thier lives to help fight fires; amazing.

[@aeptacon]

👏

[@robbiemize]

Helicopter pilots over here dropping DIMES!

[@susanbrown2578]

Wow!

[@courtneywells3323]

Barely! My husband is on a heli crew and it sounded sketch

[@beastybear4499]

Pro

[@devilmecare]

That's how it should be done. No scraping the ground or setting fires to clear brush. No flame retardant. Water and more water. Praise for this pilot. They need more like him.

[@SigFigNewton]

They’ve always been part of the firefighting plan, but most of the time during this fire it’s been too windy for this type of helicopter activity.

[@devilmecare]

Those winds aren't strong enough to deter flight water drops.

[@nickbob2003]

controlled burns, while obviously nearly impossible to do in these conditions, should be the first step in preventing large scale wild fires. If all you want to do is dump water every time theres a fire you will waste a whole lot of clean water (assuming you are using clean because if you start putting every fire out with salt water or contaminated water that wouldn't exactly facilitate new life to grow) and you would just make the problem much worse in the future for times like these when you simply can't expect to put out every fire

[@devilmecare]

@@nickbob2003 I didn't read all of that and I think it's the concept of fight fire with fire. I have family in California and they're saying they are never prepared and they wait until it's so out of control to do something. The winds are not the problem. When they wait on the US to send aid there's too much red and hoops to jump through. That's why Canada sent help.

[@SigFigNewton]

According to the pilots, the winds were strong enough to deter flight water drops