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Victoria Firefighters Local 730 posted on Instagram Friday morning (April 1), announcing the arrival of its first Aerial Beach Fire Unit B次元官网网址� just in time for beach fire season and April FoolB次元官网网址檚 Day.

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The post was met with mixed reactions, but mostly laughs as some residents were excited about the new arrival while others caught onto the joke a little quicker.

Unfortunately, there is no pilot training in the works anytime soon as the department noted in a comment that B次元官网网址渉elicopters definitely do not fall under the B次元官网网址榝irefighter proofB次元官网网址� category.B次元官网网址�

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