Montana’s Elmo Fire Grows to 16,000+ Acres, Bridger Deploys Four Scoopers and FireTrac
A large fire sparked last week between Elmo and Dayton in Montana has grown from an initial 4,000 acres to ...
Month: August 2022
Beech Creek Fire Spreads to 200 acres; Highway 395 North Remains Closed Between Mt. Vernon and Long Creek
MT. VERNON — Fire crews with the Oregon Department of Forestry, the Malheur National Forest and Grayback Forestry battled a ...
Forest Service Operates Temporary Large Air Tanker Base From Casper Natrona County Airport
CASPER, Wyoming - In the summer, Casper is the home base for two Single Engine Air Tankers, or SEATS, that ...
APSA Holds Another Successful APSCON Convention in Reno
The last week of July the APSCON convention descended on Reno, Nevada. The week saw the best of airborne public ...
Sens. Cramer, Padilla Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Increase Number of Aircraft Available to Fight Wildfires
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Kevin Cramer (R-ND) and Alex Padilla (D-CA) introduced legislation to make states eligible to receive excess ...
Cal Fire Bases Two Type One Helitankers in the Sonoma-Lake-Napa Unit
NORTH COAST, Calif. — Cal Fire’s Sonoma-Lake-Napa Unit, or LNU, has welcomed two additional type-1 helitankers. The helitankers arrived on ...
From Olney to Oshkosh: Air Tractor Expectations Fly High For Aviation Event
Air Tractor, an agricultural aviation manufacturer located in Olney, is showcasing its product a long way from the familiar fields ...
A Burning Issue – Does the UK Need Aerial Firefighting Aircraft?
By Bella Richards Republished with permission from the Royal Aeronautical Society During the middle of July, at the height of ...
Drone Operator Interrupts Burleigh Firefighting Efforts
Authorities are searching for the pilot of a drone that interfered with water bombing efforts during a large blaze in ...
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