Assisting with fire suppression operations

Airmen of Helicopter Wing Prešov were called in to assist with fire suppression as woody debris caught fire in a forest near the village of Betliar. A Mil Mi-17 helicopter, equipped with a Bumbi bucket, took off at the request of the Fire and Rescue Corps. In this aerial firefighting response, a pond, distant some 10km away from the fire location, was used as a dip site. The SVK Armed Forces are ready to intervene on domestic crisis management ops in favour of SVK citizens on a 24/7/365 basis.