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Napa County Adds a Locally Controlled Firefighting Helicopter

Napa County will spend $1.86 million to have a water-dropping Black Hawk helicopter with a 900-gallon bucket devoted to the county during the heart...

Napa County Adds a Locally Controlled Firefighting Helicopter

Napa County will spend $1.86 million to have a water-dropping Black Hawk helicopter with a 900-gallon bucket devoted to the county during the heart...

Inside Look: U.S. Army-Hawaii Responds to the Waimea Wildfire, the Largest in Hawaii History

Multiple elements from across U.S. Army-Hawaii (including Hawaii Army National Guard), in support of a combined effort led by Hawaii County Fire Department, pulled...

Columbia Helicopters Wins Turkey Firefighting Contract

Columbia Helicopters last month signed a contract partnering with CMC Savunma Sanayi A.S. to provide two (2) Columbia 234 Multi-Mission Chinooks for firefighting and...

PJ Helicopters Annouces IS-BAO Certification

PJ Helicopters, Inc. announced in August that the company had achieved the sought-after designation as a Stage 1 IS-BAO Certification operator, effective August 6th,...

Cedar Butte Fire grows to 60 acres

The Cedar Butte Fire, burning west of Highway 6 near Cedar Butte Road in the Tillamook State Forest, is now estimated to be 60...

B.C.-based Coulson Aviation hits milestones with firefighting in U.S.

One of Coulson Aviation’s CH-47D Chinook aerial firefighting helicopters was spotted at the Alberni Valley Regional Airport this week. The Chinook was conducting a test...

Greece to Modernize Aerial Firefighting Fleet After Record Fire Season

Greece announced a plan this week to spend 1.7 billion euros on modernizing the country's aerial firefighting capabilities in a parliamentary session where Prime...

Air Support Ready to Target White Rock Lake Wildfire in Naswhito Creek

Smoke is visible from the Naswhito Creek area on the southeast flank of the out-of-control White Rock Lake wildfire burning at an estimated 56,500...

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