Aerial operations are rare in the fire industry, but the Tolar Volunteer Fire Department (TVFD), along with every Hood County (TX) fire department, recently partook in such a response.
TVFD posted the video of its aerial tanker dropping retardant.
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“Many people saw the air tankers flying around the county today,” the department writes on Facebook. “Multiple fires popped up around Hood County and Tolar responded along with every department in the county. With continued low humidity, please no burning and watch those butts. Here is a video of one of the retardant drops.”