page_title: 2018 Washington wildfires
section_title: Resources
hierarchical_section_title: 2018 Washington wildfires / Resources
caption_attribution_description: Texas Air National Guard (TXANG) RC-26B Intelligence Surveillance Reconnaissance (ISR) aircraft, 147th Fighter Wing (FW), TXANG, Ellington Field, Texas (TX), providing photographs of the flood damage, identify search and rescue (SAR) sites for the US Coast Guard (USCG), and use of infrared capabilities for law enforcement agents as they cleared buildings. Location: NEW ORLEANS IAP, LOUISIANA (LA) UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (USA)
context_page_description: The 2018 Washington wildfire season officially began June 1, 2018. A statewide state of emergency was declared by the Washington State Governor on July 31.
context_section_description: An infrared thermography-capable RC-26 surveillance aircraft and support crew from Washington Air National Guard were deployed in support of the National Interagency Fire Center for the third year in a row.
  The Governor's July 31 state of emergency declaration allowed the Washington National Guard to be deployed; two Blackhawk helicopters at Fairchild Air Force Base were quickly allocated to firefighting.
caption: An RC-26 like this one was deployed to provide infrared imagery of fires in the Northwest. Aircraft used for 2005 New Orleans floods pictured.
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