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Rotak Partners with Helitak for New CH-47D Chinook Tank

August 31, 2022

Helicopter Services (“ROTAK”), has partnered with Australian fire-fighting equipment designer, Helitak Firefighting Equipment (“Helitak”), to develop a new mission for the Boeing CH-47D/234 CHINOOK...

Sri Lankan Air Force Assists to Douse Fire at Muthurajawela

August 30, 2022

In response to the request by the Disaster Management Centre, the Sri Lankan Air Force (SLAF) deployed a Bell 412 helicopter equipped with a...

Subaru Bell 412EPX Joins San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department

August 16, 2022

Fort Worth, TX (16 August 2022) – Bell Textron Inc., a Textron Inc. (NYSE: TXT) company, announced today the signed purchase agreement by San Bernardino County...

Black Hawk to Firehawk: Work Continues on Colorado’s New Firefighting Helicopter

August 5, 2022

CENTENNIAL, Colo. — With seemingly more frequent and more intense fires, first responders need all the help they can get. Centennial-basedUnited Rotorcraft is converting Black Hawk helicopters into...

Oklahoma National Guard Supports Wildland Firefighting

August 4, 2022

OKLAHOMA CITY — Oklahoma Army National Guard helicopter crews dropped nearly 400,000 gallons of water on wildfires in Northwestern Oklahoma July 16-19 and 27-29. During...

APSA Holds Another Successful APSCON Convention in Reno

August 2, 2022

The last week of July the APSCON convention descended on Reno, Nevada. The week saw the best of airborne public safety on display for...

Cal Fire Bases Two Type One Helitankers in the Sonoma-Lake-Napa Unit

August 1, 2022

NORTH COAST, Calif. — Cal Fire’s Sonoma-Lake-Napa Unit, or LNU, has welcomed two additional type-1 helitankers. The helitankers arrived on July 1, 2022. Cal Fire has...

Gorse Fire Sees Helicopter Dropping Sea Water on Cliff Edge

July 25, 2022

The reignition of a gorse fire at a South Devon beauty spot has led to a helicopter dropping 450 litre buckets of sea water...

Rotak Releases Statement on CH-47 Crash, Confirms Names of Pilots Lost

July 22, 2022

Anchorage, Alaska - Rotak Helicopter Services released a statement today on yesterday's crash of one of the company's two CH-47 Chinook helicopters during firefighting...

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