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Skyline Aviation to Begin Aerial Firefighting with Australia’s first S-70 Aerial Firefighter

The word bushfire is still well and truly fresh in the minds of most Australian's following the disastrous 2019/20 fire season. A huge focus...

Australia’s New Weapon Against Deadly Bushfires

As Australia prepares for bushfire season, a new group of pilots is ready to bring a new weapon to the nation's firefighting arsenal. Coulson Aviation is...

Government to Establish National Resilience and Recovery Entity

The federal government has agreed to implement the bushfire royal commission’s recommendation to establish a standing national resilience and recovery agency to help Australia...

Coulson Aviation Awarded 5 Year USFS Contract

Reno, NV – Coulson Aviation has been awarded a 5-year aerial firefighting contract for their Boeing 737 FIRELINER aircraft by the United States Forest...

National flying firefighting fleet getting off the ground

The bushfire royal commission’s final report recommended Australia creates a new national aerial firefighting fleet, willing and able to respond to any fire crisis...

Bushfire survivors want more water bombers, climate change action

Victorians who lost their homes in last summer's catastrophic bushfires are calling for a massive expansion of the state's fleet of aerial water bombers. As...

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...

New South Wales to spend $192m fighting off bushfires

The NSW government will spend $192 million on night-time aerial firefighting, new equipment, and better mental health supports for emergency services as part of...

CFA’s Ballarat air fleet cut ahead of summer bushfire season

Ballarat will have one less aerial firefighting supervision aircraft this summer and a single 'swing shift' combining the previous morning and afternoon shifts of...

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