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I would just like to know why the Oryx was not requested to help battle the recent wildfires in the mountains around Franschhoek? There were up to five Huey's fighting the fires but surely the Oryx would come in handy because it can carry more water in the Bambi bucket?

Only deploy when requested by authorities, if not, they do not deploy.

Working on fire has ferried the Black Hawk to Stellenbosch to assist,with fire's.this will help instead of the Oryx's

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SAAF Oryx only get involved when the WoF crew can't handle the fire by themselves. Oryx hours are very expensive.