Fire Regulations

Night-Time Aerial Firefighting Trialed

Trials are currently underway to test the capabilities of night-time aerial fire fighting, with the NSW Bushfire Inquiry recommending the technology be fully implemented...

$8.3 million to fund valuable airborne fire-mapping technology

Australian firefighters and communities better manage bushfires throughout the State. The State Budget includes $8.3 million for a new high-performance aircraft and multispectral line scanner...

Bushfires inquiry convenes for final week

The final hearing week of the royal commission into bushfires is set to focus on how national emergencies are declared and whether a single...

Past HAI Chairman James Wisecup Passes Away

The Helicopter Association International announced today the passing of industry stalwart and past chairman of the Board of Directors James O. Wisecup. Service information...

HAI Joins Aviation Groups in Seeking Federal Financial Relief for General Aviation Businesses

Alexandria, Va. (March 17, 2020) – Helicopter Association International (HAI) has joined a coalition of five other general aviation associations in seeking from the...

Aerial Firefighting is Topic of March 3 Lifelong Learning Program

Headwaters Center for Lifelong Learning (HCLL) opens its spring series Tuesday, March 3 with Dan Carroll presenting “Aerial Firefighting: Attacking Wildfires from the Air.” His...

Partnership Efforts to Address Australia Wildfires

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

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

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...

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