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CAL FIRE Riverside Unit operates a joint
Air Attack
/
Helitack Base
at the Hemet/Ryan Airport. Ryan Air Attack Base is statistically one of the most
active in the nation.
The fleet consists of an
OV-10 Bronco
- Air Attack 310, two
S2-T's
- Tanker 72 and 73 and one
UH-1H "Super Huey"
helicopter - Copter 301.
Tankers 72 and 73 assigned to Hemet/Ryan are the âTâ (turbine)
models with 1200 gallon retardant capacity versus the 800 gallon limit in the older âAâ
models.
Air Attack 310 is an OV-10 two place twin turbine. As the pilot
flies the plane, the Air Tactical Group Supervisor coordinates
the airtankers and
helicopters to critical areas of the fire for crew deployment,
retardant
and water drops.
The
retardant
used to slow or
retard the spread of a fire is a slurry mix consisting of a chemical salt compound, water, clay or
a gum as a thickening agent. At nine pounds per gallon an S-2T can carry 10,800 pounds. To
learn more about the CAL FIRE Air Program at Ryan, click on the logo above.
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John Winder
Battalion Chief
Air Operations Officer
Ryan Air Attack and Helitack Crews:
Perri Hall
: Fire Captain, Air Tanker Base Manager
Clay Williams: Fire Apparatus Engineer, Air Tanker Base Manager
Les Koehler: Pilot, Air Attack 310
Lee Munson: Pilot, Relief Air Attack 310
Deen Ohel: Pilot, Tanker 72
Mike Venable: Pilot, Tanker 73
Bob Forbes: Pilot, Relief Tanker 72, 73
Travis Bailey: Aircraft Mechanic
Bob Innes
: Fire Captain, Helitack
Travis Alexander
: Fire Captain, Helitack
Victor Wierzba: Forestry Pilot, Helicopter 301
David Patrick: Forestry Pilot, Helicopter 301
Ray Cordova: Fire Apparatus Engineer, Helitack
Adam Robbins: Fire Apparatus Engineer, Helitack
Michael Alarcon: Fire Fighter I, Helitack
Jarrod Collins: Fire Fighter I, Helitack
Derrek Cook: Fire Fighter I, Helitack
Matt Dalton: Fire Fighter I, Helitack
Noah DeMartino: Fire Fighter I, Helitack
Jesse Diaz: Fire Fighter I, Helitack
Matt Eddins: Fire Fighter I, Helitack
Jake Flores: Fire Fighter I, Helitack
Ray Gomes: Fire Fighter I, Helitack
Fred Mata: Fire Fighter I, Helitack
Ben Powell: Fire Fighter I, Helitack
Gage Schlice: Fire Fighter I, Helitack
Mike Spitsnaugle: Fire Fighter I, Helitack
Nicolas Sutton: Fire Fighter I, Helitack
Keith Vitale: Fire Fighter I, Helitack
Chris Wetzel: Fire Fighter I, Helitack
