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Work Begins to Install New Aerial Firefighting Assets to Help Protect one of Australia’s Major Forests

Joint media release with the Hon Dan Cregan MP 334,000 hectares of forest plantations in Australia’s Green Triangle will soon be better protected from bushfire,...

American Heroes Show in California Forced to Cancel Over Last Minute Environmental Study Request

The American Heroes Air Show, the only para-public-focused airshow that is focused primarily on Police, Aerial Firefighting, Military, and other rotary-centric helicopter operations, has...

U.S. Forest Service, Calif. Fire Agencies Battle Over Wildfire Aviation Policies

ORANGE COUNTY, Calif. — The Orange County Fire Authority and U.S. Forest Service are battling over accusations that USFS policies grounded an elite aerial...

Colorado Releases Life-Saving Technology Free to All Public Safety Agencies

Rifle, CO - The Center of Excellence for Advanced Technology Aerial Firefighting (CoE), a section of Colorado's Division of Fire Prevention and Control (DFPC), announces...

Structures ‘Likely Lost’ as Two Wyoming Wildfires Grow by Miles

CASPER, Wyo. — Two Wyoming wildfires exploded in acreage on Sunday, putting more communities under alert and affecting highway travel. High winds, low humidity...

Aerial Attacks Help Tamp Down Washington Fires This Season, Oregon Sees Record-Breaking Year for Acres Burned

For the first time this wildfire season, local firefighting agencies across Washington state were able to call in aerial resources from the Washington State...

Airport Fire Containment Grows As Firefighters Assess Damage

TRABUCO CANYON, CA — Containment lines slowly grew Friday around the monstrous Airport Fire burning in Orange and Riverside counties, with "favorable" weather conditions...

Cooling Trend Complicates Aerial Firefighting Efforts as Wildfires Rage Throughout Southern California

A cooling trend is impacting Southern California as three raging wildfires continue to burn throughout the region. That includes the Line Fire that’s scorching the...

Army National Guard and New York Naval Militia Conduct Water Bucket Training on the Hudson River

The New York Naval Militia, the New York Army National Guard, the New York Guard and the Schodack Landing Fire Company teamed up to...

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