A helicopter crew with the Nevada Army National Guard is heading to California to assist with the Park Fire.
This is the first time the Nevada Army National Guard is helping with a California wildfire since the Caldor Fire in 2021.
The 11-person crew will head to Red Bluff in Tehama County for at least a week.
They will be working closely with Cal Fire to assist them however they can, because California has already exhausted all of their available resources.
“So, we get called out when it is serious, and it takes a request from both governors and the governor comes down to our adjutant general and the Nevada National Guard, and throughout division of emergency management, and then they activate us, and we put our crews together,” said Colonel Matt Jonkey with the Nevada Army National Guard.
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