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aerial fire fighting / aviation jobs?

Aerial fire fighting /Aviation Jobs?
Hi there my husband is a commercial pilot and currently works for a very small business that is contracted with the military, he chases the drone aircraft. Anyhow before he went to flight school he was a fire fighter and very much wants to do aerial fire fighting. He has about 1300 total flight time and 70 multi engine time, he has his instrument rating along with other ratings that I am not positive on, anyhow I was wondering if anybody new of any good web sites that list current job openings for Pilots or if anybody has any advise as to how to go about getting picked up by Cal- fire or the Forest service to fly next season. He is just wanting a more exciting career and closer to home. (siskiyou or shasta county (CA) preferably) Any and all help is appreciated.

I'm a pilot and have several friends that work California fire fighting operations. Most of them are also A&Ps. Apparently its common to be based in areas without maintenance so many operators look for pilots who are also A&Ps. I'm not sure if its a hard requirement but it seems to help alot. If you husband only has 1300 hours he must not have been flying for too long. Usually operations like the forest service are looking for pretty high time guys; it might be better off trying to get more multi time CFIing.

What Are the Traits of Robotic Contraptions

Science can make robots virtually indestructible, omniscient and powerful. Daily human preoccupation and toil will rarely need such robotic qualities. Robots of today are used in various purposes and undesirability is nowhere in that level. Powerful may be correct as most are AI-based or have inferential engines to assist in decision making processes while many others are powerfully built in factories and science labs dealing with toxic substances or adverse conditions that pose physical hazards to the frail human body, but hardly omniscient.

Interactivity

Robotic contraptions work on programmed instructions that depend on its interaction with external stimulus. Sensory perceptions become their means for data input employing electrodes that give them the tactile sensory ability to determine size, form, shape, temperatures and consistencies of substances. Tiny cameras can give them visual acuity while microphones impart aural sensitivity to recognize speech patterns in spoken commands.

But interactivity won’t be complete with a response these stimuli. The most common is in performing tasks specific to their purpose like those assembly robots in manufacturing plants. Some experimental robots do have speech capability but the more mundane robotic application just mimics the same I/O interfaces of computers like printers and displays.

Manipulation and Mobility

Being able to recognize objects, pick them up, handle, process and deliver them is another major trait of robotic contractions. Mechanical hand-like servo-controlled grippers from simple tong-like structures , vacuum-suction grippers to more complex gripping devices are essential in many robotic applications that require handling of objects for assembly and processing.

Locomotion

Short of saying mobility, current robots have restricted movements and most robotic applications in manufacturing plants are stationary. But there are robots that move on motorized wheels with rudimentary GPS-like direction finding facility to move around and deliver things that humans may consider menial. Sophisticated hospitals employ such robots to deliver medication to patients in every floor and can interface with computer-controlled elevators to bring them to different floors in the building as needed.

Other modes of locomotion include flight extensively used in the military service like the unmanned RQ-4 Global Hawk drone aircraft used for enemy surveillance and bombing missions which serve the same purpose as targeting missiles but are able to return after their missions are done. They fall in the category of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles or UAV which are basically like your remote controlled toys but have significantly longer control ranges.

Autonomy and Control

What puts robotic application at a higher plane than mere computers is its cognitive abilities to have near-autonomy to execute tasks based on immediate input with little or no human intervention. In short, they can act on their own guided only by the programmed directives that focus robots to specific tasks.

Hence, robotics in hospitals are expected to deliver medication in the room and floor it is tasked to do but will refrain form doing it if there are no attending nurses in the room. Robots in warfare can be expected to bomb their targets but not adjacent non combative areas. Even in complex assembly plants, robots have complete autonomy to work within the parameters defined for their tasks. GP

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