National Guard Soldiers Assist Fighting High Park Fire
June 19, 2012 -- Soldiers of the Kansas National Guard's
1st Battalion, 108th Aviation Regiment and Company G,
2-135th General Support Aviation Battalion assist
firefighting operations underway in Colorado. The
Guardsmen deployed to Colorado June 12, 2012 at the
request of that state's emergency management officials
to support ongoing ground firefighting efforts in an
area at the High Park in Larimer County, Colo.,
approximately 15 miles west of Fort Collins. The crew
provided structure protection and helped support back
burns by dropping water from Bambi buckets.
Video courtesy of Kansas Adjutant General's Department
National Guard Soldiers
