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Because these wildfires can rage for months, McCrory said, these efforts are run like a military campaign. Ultimately, he said, it’s the members of the crew on the ground who put the fires out, so his job is to support their mission.
He also performs a range of tasks not directly related to wildfires such as flying federal inspectors out to offshore oil platforms and flying LiDAR-equipped remote sensing missions to spot sagging power transmission lines, which can cause wildfires.
When wildfire season slows down this fall, McCrory will return to Penn State to plot out the tribute for Lewis. The concept that he developed with former department head