The Indonesian Air Force has put five of its flagship helicopters on standby to extinguish forest and land fires in several regions of Indonesia.
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"There are five helicopters to carry out aerial firefighting, air patrols, fire monitoring, and personnel mobilization to fire locations that are difficult to reach by land," said Feri.
He explained that several of the helicopters had been deployed to forest and land fire disaster areas, such as the Indonesian Capital City ; Mount Ciremai, West Java; Mount Lawu, Central Java; and the Galuga Landfill, West Java.
"In the Indonesian Capital City area, East Kalimantan, H225M Caracal helicopters from Air Squadron 8 were deployed to carry out air patrols and water bombing in a number of affected areas," he said.
He said that with the support of a water bucket with a capacity of around 2,000 liters, the Caracal helicopter can help extinguish fires that are difficult to reach by land while also supporting monitoring of fire developments from the air.
In addition, the Indonesian Air Force deployed Caracal helicopters for water bombing operations to extinguish fires at fairly steep fire points in the Mount Ciremai area.
In the Mount Lawu area, a NAS-332 Super Puma helicopter from Air Squadron 6 was deployed to support firefighting through water bombing . The helicopter conducted one sortie, dropping two drops of water, totaling approximately 4,000 liters.
Feri continued that currently the helicopters are still being deployed to carry out forest and land fire extinguishing operations.
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