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NSW RFS Receives Third Bell 412 Ahead Of Next Brushfire Season

A third Bell 412 helicopter has been delivered to the NSW Rural Fire Service and it will be reconfigured over the next several months...

Houses Doused, Forestry Workers Evacuated in Two Separate Waikato Vegetation Fires

Three properties were in danger from a vegetation fire in Huntly, and forestry workers near Raglan were evacuated to avoid another blaze. Four helicopters were...

Forest Fire Declared Extinguished in Ojén

The Infoca has considered extinguished 24 hours later the forest fire declared at noon this Tuesday in the municipality of Ojén, specifically in the...

Italian Teams Join Fight to Put Out Swiss Forest Fire

In a short Twitter message on Tuesday, the Swiss embassy in Rome expressed thanks for the Italian contribution which it said was part of...

FAA Airworthiness Directives; Various Restricted Category Helicopters

The FAA is adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for certain type certificated Model UH-1H restricted category helicopters. This AD was prompted by multiple...

Air Support Respond to Blaze in Leaghur

A bushfire is burning in Leaghur state park, north east of Miatiamo. A spokesman for Fire Forest Management Victoria said there are multiple tankers and...

Karnataka Forest Department Asks for Helicopters to Fight Fire Incidents

The Karnataka Forest Department has placed a request for helicopters before the state government to use them to douse forest fires. The helicopters will...

Golf Course Operator Praises Firefighters for Saving Facility During Mount Gambier Fire

A golf course operator says a "massive ball of flames" shot into the sky as a blaze tore through Mount Gambier's heritage Crater Lakes...

Western Cape burns through R10m to fight bush fires this summer alone

The Western Cape has already spent more than R10m fighting wildfires during the current fire season, the province reported on Thursday. Most of the expense...

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