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San Diego Sheriff and SDG&E Sky Crane Fight Pier Fire in Oceanside

April 26, 2024

Partnership Efforts to Address Australia Wildfires

February 10, 2020

As wildfires, or “bushfires”, burn throughout Australia, the USDA Forest Service and U.S. Department of the Interior continue to deploy wildfire personnel to assist...

3-D Aerial Maps Help Australian Fire Ground Recovery

January 22, 2020

Adelaide-based Airborne Research Australia is creating free 3D high resolution maps of devastation caused by fires in the Adelaide Hills and Kangaroo Island to...

“It’s a Worldwide Problem”: How North American and Australian Firefighters Work Together

January 20, 2020

In December, Jeff Austin, an air-attack officer with the British Columbia Wildfire Service who has spent forty-one years on the fire line, was at...

Albuquerque Aerial Firefighting Company Helping With Australia Wildfires

January 12, 2020

As wildfires rage in Australia, an Albuquerque company will have a big part in the fight. Crews for 10 Tanker will soon be flying DC-10s...

Are Bigger Water Bombers the Answer to Australia's Bushfire Woes?

November 25, 2019

It has become a familiar and reassuring sight — planes and helicopters dumping loads of water and fire retardant on out-of-control blazes. But experts are...

What to Know About the Wildfire Management Technology Advancement Act

November 7, 2019

What if drones were in the sky over the Yarnell Hill Fire in June 2013 when strong winds overran 19 firefighters? Or the 1994...

As Fire Seasons Overlap in Australia and California, Sharing Firefighting Resources Gets Harder

November 6, 2019

Greg Mullins is frightened, and that goes against the grain. "My whole career as a fire chief was trying to calm people down," he...

VIDEO: A Behind The Scenes Look at Air Tanker Prep in California

November 5, 2019

SANTA MARIA, Calif. - It's all hands on deck at the Central Coast Jet Center at the Santa Maria Airport. On Friday, air tankers were...

Alice Excluded From National Water Bomber Deal

September 23, 2019

Three small fixed-wing aircraft and one helicopter are standing by at Batchelor for use as water bombers during the fire season but there are...

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San Diego Sheriff and SDG&E Sky Crane Fight Pier Fire in Oceanside

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