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        "id": 2059458,
        "msgid": "indonesias-navy-plans-helicopter-training-for-firefighting-1793184649",
        "date": "2026-10-28 17:17:51",
        "title": "Indonesia\u2019s Navy plans helicopter training for firefighting",
        "author": "",
        "source": "ANTARA_EN",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Social Policy",
        "summary": "The Indonesian Navy is training helicopter pilots to use water buckets to help tackle forest and land fires alongside the Air Force. Navy chief Ali said helicopters could also monitor hotspots, while the aircraft carrier KRI Sriwijaya-100 may serve as a forward base closer to affected areas.",
        "content": "<p>\u201cWe are training naval helicopter pilots to carry water buckets so\nthey can help fight forest and land fires alongside Air Force\nhelicopters,\u201d Ali told reporters aboard KRI Sriwijaya-100 in Jakarta on\nWednesday.<\/p>\n<p>Ali said the Navy needed to help fight the fires to improve efforts\nto extinguish hotspots in several locations.<\/p>\n<p>The Navy also has several helicopters capable of conducting\nwater-bombing operations or monitoring fire hotspots from the air, he\nsaid.<\/p>\n<p>The Navy could also deploy KRI Sriwijaya-100, Indonesia\u2019s first\naircraft carrier, to support firefighting operations, Ali said.<\/p>\n<p>He said the carrier could serve as a helicopter base closer to\nfire-affected areas.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHelicopters could operate from KRI Sriwijaya-100 or from shore\nbases. We\u2019ll see which option is more efficient and effective,\u201d Ali\nsaid.<\/p>\n<p>Related news: Prabowo disburses Rp200 billion to tackle South Sumatra\nland fires<\/p>\n<p>Related news: Indonesian Air Force airlifts 4.6 tons of dry ice for\nrainmaking<\/p>\n<p>Related news: Jambi fires ease as land rewetting efforts target Nov 2\ndeadline<\/p>\n<p>Translator: Walda M, Rahmad Nasution<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/indonesias-navy-plans-helicopter-training-for-firefighting-1793184649",
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