Thank you for your interest in the Wenatchee Valley Airbase. The airbase is a conglomerate of two programs, the Wenatchee Valley Rappellers and the Wenatchee Short-Haul. We are a wildfire initial attack and large fire support crew. We employ 37 people with one base manager, three assistant base managers, four assistant helicopter managers, six lead crew members, twelve senior rappellers, and various GS-4 and GS-5 temporary seasonal firefighters. There are four exclusive use helicopters located at the airbase. The rappel crew utilizes a Bell 205 A++ helicopter as a rappel platform regionally and nationally. The short-haul program utilizes an A-Star B3 and is deployed locally, regionally and nationally. Our third helicopter is an Bell 407 and is utilized primarily as a forest resource. The fourth helicopter is a Boeing Chinook (CH-47) utilized nationally. Recent fire seasons have taken us to New Mexico, Arizona, Utah, Colorado, Florida, Nevada, North Carolina, California, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Texas and Alaska.
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