Boulder fire

[Duman]

Curious, how much (weight/volume/gallons) of that fire retardant can one of those planes drop?

[cmailliard]

Curious, how much (weight/volume/gallons) of that fire retardant can one of those planes drop?

Here is a great resource to show almost everything

https://gacc.nifc.gov/swcc/dc/azpdc/...on%20Guide.pdf

The Single Engine Air Tanker (SEAT) can hold 800 gallons
The Medium Tanker can hold at least 1200 gallons

As a note here are the resources that where ordered this morning:
Metro Strike Teams and Units Assigned to Boulder
Denver - D06, E14, E21, E07, E28, E03
Southeast - Aurora C7, E13, Cunningham E61, Littleton E15, SMFR BR39 & E47
West - Arvada E58, WMFR BR9, Fairmount E34, Pleasant View E41, Golden E25
North - Thornton BC72, E75, NMFR E63, Brighton E55, ACFR E14, Westminster E2
West JeffCo - Indian Hills BR357, Inter Canyon BR651, BR652, Evergreen BR157, E137

That is 19 Type I Engines for Structure Protection
A handful of Type VI Engines to go off road
A couple of Chiefs

Air Resources
1 Single Engine Air Tanker
1 Medium Tanker
2 UH60's
2 CH47's
1 Lead Aircraft
The State Multi Mission Aircraft (MMA) which is a huge benefit

All that in addition to the local Boulder County resrouces already on scene early this morning

[birddog]

Curious, how much (weight/volume/gallons) of that fire retardant can one of those planes drop?

That particular aircraft is a BAE146, its capacity is around 3000 gallons depending on altitude.