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Originally Posted by kjbathe
...when looking at "rescue cost", is it really some additional incremental cost directly attributed to the rescue? For example, was the Air Guard not going to use the fuel if they didn't burn it during the rescue? And isn't their participation part of very reason why the capability exists? Sure, they may not have been flying that night in that location, but they surely would have been flying and getting the experience somewhere.
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Some of the best training comes with real rescue incidents but the risk is more controlled during schedule training exercises. When life is on the line, the rescuers often put theirs on the line as well. That is an incremental cost to them that warrants extra care by those who use the state and national forests.