Córdoba: surveillance is reinforced with helicopters and water-dropping planes due to the extreme risk of fires

In the context of the very high to extreme risk of wildfires in Córdoba, the Provincial Directorate of Aeronautics deployed a helicopter and two firefighting planes to carry out aerial surveillance tasks over strategic areas of the province.

A helicopter equipped with a Bambi Bucket system conducted two patrol flights aimed at enhancing early detection of potential fire hotspots and optimizing the response capacity to possible emergencies.

The first route covered towns in Sierras Chicas and Punilla, flying over Villa Allende, Mendiolaza, Unquillo, Río Ceballos, Salsipuedes, Agua de Oro, La Granja, Ascochinga, La Cumbre, Villa Giardino, La Falda, Cosquín, Bialet Massé, Villa Carlos Paz, and La Calera. The mission was led by pilots Gabriel Marcellini and Monje Bottino.

As part of the same preventive device, two Air Tractor AT-802 firefighting planes, one single-seat and one two-seat, reinforced aerial coverage over the highest risk areas. The mission covered a polygon of 256,541 hectares in sectors of the departments of Punilla, Santa María, and Calamuchita, with an approximate duration of 40 minutes.

Pilots Santodomingo participated aboard the aircraft LV-BIU, and Hernán Vázquez and Alejandro Kowalewski in the LV-KOW, a two-seat aircraft also used for training tasks.

These actions are part of the preventive scheme that the Provincial Directorate of Aeronautics implements during the wildfire risk season, in coordination with the agencies that make up the Provincial Fire Management System.