Yesterday took off from the Trapani Birgi air base, a helicopter HH-212 dell'80 ° Centro CSAR (Combat Search and Rescue) of Decimomannu (Cagliari) to extinguish a fire that broke out in the locality of Piano di Casoboli, in the municipality of Monreale (PA).
The firefighting activity involved the crew of the HH-212 in three long sorties aimed at supporting operations in progress, even with ground crews, to counter the fire that, thanks to the wind from the North, quickly spread . To make the resumption of the intervention quicker, the helicopter of the 80 ° Centro CSAR stopped for refueling at Palermo Boccadifalco airport, supported by the 4 ° flight department of the State Police.
A helicopter of the 80 Center is risked by more than 3 weeks on the basis of Trapani in order to integrate and support the device put in place to deal with the emergency fires in the provinces of Trapani and Palermo. From the COA (Air Operations Command) of Poggio Renatico (FE), through the Operative Room of the 82 ° CSAR Center of Trapani, the crews are promptly in the take-off order and the intervention area. The contrast action at the HH-212 fire fronts often goes alongside that of the aircraft Canadair, always risk based on the Trapani area.
