VIDEO: Throughout the day on Thursday, crews were battling wildfires across California that have destroyed dozens of homes and forced thousands to evacuate.
Greensburg native and former city firefighter Larry Sukay, 68, wants to give them some help. And the technology to make it happen started in his hometown.
For the past 80 years, the methods of battling wildfires have remained pretty much the same, Sukay said.
“We drop retardant and water from helicopters, and we send ground crews in to work the fire,” he said while sitting Thursday at his old fire station, Greensburg Hose Company No. 1 on McLaughlin Street. “Nothing has changed. It’s a modern-day bucket brigade.”
What Sukay has developed is a way to do sustained fire suppression from the sky, using high-expansion foam that first came into use in Greensburg.