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Gavin Newsom: “Largest civilian aerial firefighting fleet in the world, the…”

Featuring: Gavin Newsom, Democratic | Governor of California

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Governor Newsom highlights key investments in firefighting technology

Published | Video Starts at 27:58

Our investments, $3.8 billion in the current budget was a little over 2 billion when I started. That's where the money went. It went into personnel, went into equipment, went into the Largest civilian aerial firefighting fleet in the world, the seven C130s, four that are operational. two more that will get done by the end of the calendar year. 17 firehawks. When I got here, we weren't flying at night. (27:58–28:06)

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Asserts that California has the largest civilian aerial firefighting fleet in the world, including seven C130s, with four operational.

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