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Game-changing Upgrade for Australia’s Largest Firefighting Helicopter

December 9, 2024

Haaland announces $6.1M investment in local air firefighting operations

July 26, 2021

During her stop in Grand Junction, Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland announced new investments totaling $6.1 million to bolster wildland fire management operations...

Hagg Lake closed to allow two planes to scoop water to fight Game Hog Creek Fire

July 19, 2021

Efforts to fight the Game Hog Creek Fire burning in the Tillamook State Forest have hit a snag today, with two of three helicopters...

Napa County Seeking its Own Firefighting Helicopter

July 16, 2021

Napa County will go out to bid to see if it can add a water-dropping helicopter all its own before the heart of wildfire...

Large Air Tanker to be Shared by Victoria and Queensland for Several Years

July 16, 2021

In a press release issued this week from the state of Victoria, the southern Australian state announced that the Victorian and Queensland Governments have...

Fuel shortage could hinder aerial attacks on wildfires

July 16, 2021

BOISE — Airport officials, including those in Northeastern Oregon, facing jet fuel shortages are concerned they’ll have to wave off planes and helicopters that...

2 firefighters, including fire chief, die in plane crash while surveying wildfire in Wikieup, Arizona

July 11, 2021

Two firefighters died in an aviation accident after their plane went down while surveying the Cedar Basin wildfire burning near Wikieup, Arizona, officials said on...

Rep. Rosendale tours Billings Flying Service

July 8, 2021

BILLINGS - Representative Matt Rosendale visited the Magic City Wednesday, checking out the Billings Flying Service to learn more about their involvement in fighting...

Additional MAFFS-equipped aircraft mobilized to assist with wildfires

July 7, 2021

The USDA Forest Service has activated an additional military C-130 aircraft equipped with Modular Airborne Firefighting Systems (MAFFS) to join two others battling western...

New wildfire near Dixie burns more than 1,000 acres despite aggressive initial attack

July 7, 2021

KAMIAH, Idaho — Lots of firefighting resources are actively working to suppress the Dixie Fire, burning about 40 miles southeast of Grangeville and 15...

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