water bombers
Aerial firefighting planes
Water bombers are aircraft designed or adapted to drop water or fire retardant on wildfires.
They scoop water from lakes or carry tanks that can be refilled on the ground.
The term is more common in Canadian English; Americans tend to say air tankers.
Water bombers circled back over the ridge to make another pass.
- extinguishEnd combustion forcibly
- firefightingCombating and quelling flames
- retardantSubstance that slows something
- bombersAircraft designed for airstrikes
- aerialElevated, or signal-catcher
low altitude · wildfire · brush fire · smoke plume · fire season · red flag warning · suppression · aircraft · scooper · emergency · aviation · flame · rescue helicopters · tanker · flight crew · air tankers · pilot · hose
water bombersground crews
Airport aircraft support teams
fire engines · bulldozers · controlled burns · smokejumpers · fire lines
water bombersfirebombers
Those who hurl incendiaries
fire starters · arsonists · incendiary devices · flamethrowers
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