According to Governor Newsom's office, as of January 8, 2025, the Governor announced that more than 7,500 firefighting and emergency personnel have been deployed to protect California communities. California has also requested and received assistance from other states. These personnel have worked tirelessly, day and night, to extinguish and control the fires.
On the morning of January 16, we went for a walk at Santa Fe Dam and noticed a very distinctive heavy firefighting helicopter. It was a CH-47 Chinook equipped with a massive water tank from a company based in Billings, Montana, assisting with the Eaton Fire relief efforts. The tank has a capacity of 2,500 gallons of water, a fill rate of 4,000 gallons per minute, and a full-load release time of just 3 seconds. From my observation, the helicopter took about 1 to 2 minutes to fill its tank with water and then flew to the other side of San Gabriel Mountains to combat the fire. Each round trip took approximately 10 minutes. While I was at the park, I saw the helicopter making several trips back and forth. These firefighting helicopters are most effective when wind conditions are calm or minimal. By the way, a NASA laboratory and historic Mount Wilson observatory atop the San Gabriel Mountains narrowly escaped being destroyed by the Los Angeles fire on January 9. Thanks to the efforts of firefighters and observatory staff, no buildings or infrastructure were destroyed.
According to CalFire, as of Thursday, January 16 at 9:18 a.m. (the 10th day of Eaton Fire started.):
- 14,117 acres burned; 55% contained
- 37,000 structures threatened, 5,718 structures destroyed, 679 damaged
- 16 civilian fatalities, 6 fighter injuries
- Red flag warning remains in effect
根據州長紐森辦公室截至2025年1月8日的數據，州長宣布已部署超過7,500名消防和緊急應變人員來保護加州社區。加州也向其他州請求援助並獲得了承諾。這些人員夜以繼日的辛勞救火以控制火勢。
1月16日早上去聖塔菲水壩散步時，看到一架很特別的救火重型直升機，這是蒙大拿州比林斯的公司來的CH-47 Chinook 裝有巨大水箱的消防直升機，來幫忙伊頓大火的救災。它的水箱容量為 2,500 加侖，填充速度為每分鐘 4,000 加侖，3 秒便可釋放所有的水。據我的觀察，這架直升機大概花1、2分鐘就取好水，便飛到聖蓋博山 (San Gabriel Mountains)的另一邊去滅火，來回大約10分鐘。我在公園便看到它來來回回飛了好幾趟。趁無風或風小的時候，這些救火的直升機才能發揮最大的功效。順便提一下，1月9日在聖蓋博山頂上的美國太空總署實驗室和歷史悠久的威爾遜山 (Mount Wilson) 天文台險些被洛杉磯大火燒毀，感謝消防員和天文台工作人員的努力，沒有建築物或基礎設施被摧毀。
2025年1月16日，伊頓 (Eaton) 大火燃燒的第10天，根據加州消防督察及調查員的記錄:
- 燒毀 14,117 英畝土地; 55% 火勢已控制住
- 37,000 棟建築物受到威脅, 5,718 棟建築被摧毀, 679 受損
- 16 名老百姓死亡, 6 名消防員受傷
- 紅旗警告仍然生效
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References 參考資料
- Billings Flying Service: CH47
- Governor Gavin Newsom Office: More than 7,500 firefighting, emergency personnel deployed to fight unprecedented Los Angeles fires