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Firefighting aircraft are actively working to suppress the flames, while ground crews focus on containment efforts.
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Hannah Parry, Newsweek, 23 Jan. 2025
The water and chemicals dropped by aircraft aren’t designed to completely extinguish wildfires by themselves, though they can be used to significantly reduce fires to allow access to ground crews.
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George Petras, USA TODAY, 14 Jan. 2025
Instead, the chemical is dropped in front of a fire, directing its course or slowing its advance and giving ground crews a chance to control or extinguish it.
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Michael Dorgan, Fox News, 12 Jan. 2025
Meanwhile, she's heard a constant rumble from helicopters as air and ground crews battled the blaze.
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Christopher Cann, USA TODAY, 12 Nov. 2024
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First Known Use
1934, in the meaning defined above
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“Ground crew.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ground%20crew. Accessed 16 Feb. 2025.
Kids Definition
ground crew
noun
: the mechanics and technicians who maintain and service an aircraft
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