One of the biggest weapons in our firefighter's arsenal for summer has arrived.
The water bombing skycrane called Shania-Crane replaces Elvis in backing up more than 71,000 fire fighters on the ground.
Shania’s pilot Herman Mersalli says she'll play a crucial role..
“We have a maximum capacity of 9,000 liters and we fill that in approximately one minute. “
"That can be either fresh water out of a pond, or salt water,” he said.