Efforts to extinguish forest and land fires (karhutla) in Way Kambas\nNational Park (TNWK), East Lampung, Lampung, have received aerial\nsupport with the deployment of water bombing helicopters.<\/p>\n
The BNPB helicopter registered N360UH arrived in the TNWK area at\naround 16.00 WIB. The Sikorsky UH-60A Black Hawk aircraft then carried\nout cooling missions over several areas affected by the fires.<\/p>\n
During the operation, the helicopter collected water from a river\nnear the TNWK boundary using a helibucket. The water was then dropped\nonto points that were still burning.<\/p>\n
Aerial water bombing lasted approximately three hours around Braja\nLuhur Village, Braja Selebah District.<\/p>\n
The deployment of the aerial fleet was carried out after President\nPrabowo Subianto held a virtual meeting with Lampung Governor Rahmat\nMirzani Djausal.<\/p>\n
Two helicopters were reported to have been prepared to support the\nhandling of the forest fires. The aircraft were brought in from\nPalembang and East Java respectively to reach areas that are difficult\nto handle by land routes.<\/p>\n
The presence of the helicopters is part of an integrated operation\ninvolving the central government, the Lampung Provincial Government, the\nTNI, the National Police, and joint personnel.<\/p>\n
Handling of the fires has not only been carried out through water\nbombing. Teams on the ground are also using thermal drones to map\nhotspots and locate embers still beneath the soil surface.<\/p>\n
Pangdam XXI\/Radin Inten Major General TNI Kristomei Sianturi said\nthat monitoring with thermal technology is being carried out to identify\npotential fire points that could flare up again.<\/p>\n
\u201cEarlier we conducted surveillance first, observation using thermal\nimaging to see fire points that may still become embers and cause\nrecurring fires. Next, according to the instructions of the President\nand the TNI Commander, we deployed Team Alpha to difficult locations\nthat still have remaining hotspots,\u201d said Kristomei on Wednesday, 26\nAugust 2026.<\/p>\n
After hotspots are identified, joint personnel are deployed to areas\nthat are difficult to access. The fast roping method is used to lower\nteam members into isolated locations so that extinguishing efforts can\nbe carried out immediately.<\/p>\n
Ground handling is then reinforced by aerial water bombing. The team\nhas also prepared spraying drones with varying capacities to help tackle\nfire points that cannot be reached by land access.<\/p>", "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/way-kambas-forest-fires-spread-water-bombing-helicopters-and-thermal-drones-deployed-1787738114", "image": "" }, "sponsor": "Okusi Associates", "sponsor_url": "https:\/\/okusiassociates.com" }