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200 active-duty U.S. Army soldiers, C-130 aircraft mobilized to provide wildfire support

The National Interagency Fire Center in Boise, Idaho, requested a Department of Defense activation of approximately 200 active-duty U.S. Army Soldiers to assist with...

Australia’s sovereign year round firefighting capability

In preparation for the next fire season, the Australian Government has announced the addition of a Large Air Tanker to provide year round aerial...

Extra Aerial Firefighting Muscle for the Regions

The NSW Nationals in the federal government have announced funding for the lease of a Large Air Tanker to boost aerial firefighting muscle this...

Mitigating America’s Wildfire Threat

Having spent much of my adult life in California fighting some of the most catastrophic fires in America's history, about this time every year,...

DART Aerospace – Innovating for a Safer Tomorrow

In the aerospace world, industry juggernaut companies often start with humble beginnings; DART and Simplex Aerospace are two of those companies. With parallel origins,...

CAL FIRE – Changing the Game With the S-70i

When the average person thinks about aerial firefighting, images that come to mind are often of helicopters and fixed-wing aircraft dropping water and retardant...

Firefighting Methods to be Overhauled

After the traumatic experience of this year’s destructive blazes, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis is reportedly intent on “changing everything” regarding the structures, methods, means...

The Reason We Don’t Have Enough Airplanes to Put Out Wildfires

Retrofitting massive jets to fight infernos is expensive, and companies say that government contracts don’t make it worth their while. When the White House gathered...

RFS Eyes Airport for Fire Control Centre

Riverina Highlands Rural Fire Service are looking at relocating their fire control centre to Tumut Airport. “We are looking at options to locate the fire...

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