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AIRCRAFT MAKING FIRE RETARDANT DROPS.  THEY COULD ALSO SEE THE FIRE LIVE
FROM THE BACKSIDE, WHICH WAS NOT OTHERWISE VISIBLE WITHOUT OUR PORTABLE ATV
TEAMS LIVE VIDEO FEEDS.  WHEN THE TYPE I FEDERAL FIRE TEAMS SHOWED UP TO
DETERMINE WHETHER THE FIRE WOULD ESCALATE TO THEIR LEVEL, THEY NOTICED THE
LIVE VIDEO FEEDS AT THE EOC AND MADE SPECIAL TRIPS TO OUR FIELD VIDEO
SITES.  THEY WERE UNAWARE THAT A TV RESOURCE WAS AVAILABLE THAT COULD BE
USED FOR THEIR PURPOSES AND WERE QUITE PLEASED AT THAT CAPABILITY AND
WANTED US TO CONTINUE OPERATIONS IF IT ESCALATED TO A TYPE I.  THE FIRE
NEVER GREW BEYOND 300 ACRES AND IT REMAINED AT THE TYPE II LEVEL.  THE
SERVED AGENCIES THE BOULDER COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE AND THEIR OFFICE OF
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT WERE EXTREMELY PLEASED THAT WE RESPONDED SO FAST AND
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