Water district installs Heli-Hydrants to assist firefighters, protect infrastructure
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Wildfire-plagued Yorba Linda, Calif., has a simple but effective tool to protect its community from fast-moving fires: heli-hydrants managed by the city’s water district.
Firefighting helicopter pulls water from a Yorba Linda Water District heli-hydrants. These tanks, 12-feet in diameter and three-feet deep, are connected to underground water reservoirs. Once they’re filled, firefighting helicopters hover above them with a giant hose, sucking up 2,000 gallons of water in less than a minute.
