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APSA Holds Another Successful APSCON Convention in Reno

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

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

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

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...

Chinook Crashes Into Salmon River During Moose Fire in Idaho

A CH-47 Helicopter, one of two recently sold to Rotak Helicopter Services out of Anchorage, Alaska has been reported to have crashed Thursday afternoon...

Bernalillo County Sheriff Helicopter Crashes While Working East Mesa Fire

Albuquerque, New Mexico - In a press release posted today by the Bernalillo County Sheriff's Office, the agency confirmed the loss of their Metro...

California’s Firefighting Craft: CH-47 Helicopter

Wildfire danger is on the rise all over the world. The CH-47 helicopter has served as a key asset of the United States in...

Rotak Answers the Call With New CH-47 Going to Work on Home Turf

Anchorage, Alaska - Rotak Helicopter Services, fresh off receiving two new CH-47s from Columbia Helicopters, have been asked to bring one of the aircraft...

CAL FIRE Completes First Night Aerial Firefighting Mission With S-70i on Electra Fire

As ongoing efforts continue to extinguish the Electra Fire in Amador County which lies to the South East of the state capital of Sacramento,...

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