Fire fighting planes..anyone fly one?

Here in canada, Manitoba is where i live. The water bombers are the CL-215’s have a friend that worked on them for many years. Being a pilot on one of those is a tough job to get. another friend is one of the chiefs that calls the shots for the water bombers in what they call the bird dog.he was boots on the ground for many years.
Less than a mile away is the helitac base,houses about 50 firefighters. I worked a couple summers as a helitorch technician on the backburn team. I was responsible for assembling and connecting the torch to the helicopter,mixing the juice and launching and landing. There is nothing more unnerving than a helicopter landing less than 3 feet from me.

I have the utmost respect for the tac crews,as i did it a few summers in my youth. Its tough,dirty dangerous and unrelenting. Imagine going balls out dawn to dusk for 21 days straight.
We finally got a break, after a month or more of no rain. Had a good soaking last night and the helicopters arent flying in and out steady.