Original Message

Saw a tanked S61 dropping on about a 1-2 acre fire which could easily have been put out from the ground as it was adjacent to a highway and surrounded by a dirt road...pine plantation...little undergrowth...easy access. Anyway, the 61 made a few drops parallel to the road but kept dropping late, missing half the fire. After a few attempts, comes on the radio to say he was going to try a different direction...assumed that meant from opposite direction so a similar late drop would get what had been missed...but NOOOO...came at it perpendicular to the road...dropped late again, got half the load on the fire and the rest on some poor unsuspecting woman driving down the highway. Should have just let me handle it with the type 3 but USFS was justifying the type 1's presence.