Fire Regulations

What is HUMS?

What are the current options? What are the benefits and costs? Firefighting operators, busy with one of the most active seasons on record this year,...

The Drop – A Lot to be Grateful For

As 2021 draws to a close, I have been reflecting a great deal on what a whirlwind 2021 has been, both personally and professionally....

FEMA, USDA and DOI Jointly Establish New Wildland Fire Mitigation and Management Commission

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Department of the Interior (DOI) and FEMA today announced the establishment of a Wildland Fire Mitigation and Management...

Perimeter Solutions Hosts Rep. Dan Newhouse, State Rep. Tom Dent at Pasco, WA Manufacturing Site

Newly Opened Facility Produces PHOS-CHEK® Long-Term Fire Retardant, Supports North American Wildfire Prevention and Protection Efforts Clayton, MO 1 December 2021 – Perimeter Solutions (NYSE: PRM), makers...

10 Tanker Drops Record-Setting 12 Million Gallons of Retardant During the Busy Fire Season

Firefighting aircraft are a powerful tool for battling forest fires, especially during the record-breaking 2021 fire season that saw 73 fires burn over 3.2...

Helitak Receives FAA Approved Model List Amendment for FT4500 Tank for Blackhawk

Australian company Helitak have received approval from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to include seven additional Sikorsky Black Hawk Type Certificates on the Helitak...

The Dash 8-400AT – Conair’s Next Gen Air Tanker

During the 2021 fire season, while Canada and the U.S. developed plans around having access to their combined resources, Mother Nature threw a curveball...

Banning Drones from China Has Hurt U.S. Ability to Fight Forest Fires

U.S. government moves restricting agencies access to the massive market of cheap and effective small drones made in China has made it more difficult...

‘It Was Just Wild’: Guardsmen Fight Fires From the Sky

So far this year, the National Interagency Fire Center has reported 47,525 wildfires that have burned more than 6.49 million acres across 13 states....

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