At the request of the Oklahoma Department of Emergency Management, the Oklahoma National Guard activated one UH-60 Black Hawk and crew on August 15 to support wild land fire operations near Woodward, Oklahoma.
The Oklahoma Army National Guard assets are providing the incident commander with aerial water drops via helicopter bucket.
The buckets used by OKARNG helicopter crews hold up to 660 gallons of water that can be dropped directly on fires or in areas where incident commanders and firefighters want to prevent spread.