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UN Report Predicts Forest Fire Increase by 50% by 2100

A new report published today by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) has predicted that even if greenhouse gases are reduced the next one...

Olegas Bluff Bushfire Update

The Tasmania Parks and Wildlife Service (PWS) continues in its efforts to fight a bushfire burning within the Franklin-Gordon Wild Rivers National Park and...

70 Firefighters and Two Helicopters on Scene Battling Noordhoek Blaze

The City of Cape Town’s Fire and Rescue Service is currently battling a fire in Noordhoek, with helicopters having been called in to assist...

Launch of Upgraded Large Air Tanker Mixing Facility

A new automated Large Air Tanker loading facility at the Edinburgh RAAF Base in South Australia, part of a $20 million investment of Australian...

Greece Boosting Aerial Firefighting Capabilities

The repayment of an old debt to the NATO Support and Procurement Agency (NSPA) will allow Greece to strengthen its aerial firefighting capabilities this...

Mt Nelson Vegetation Fire Threatened 15 Homes in Southern Hobart, Caused by Brush Cutter

A brush cutter coming in contact with rocks and producing sparks has been determined as the cause of a vegetation fire that put 15...

757P2T – ST Engineering and Galactic Holdings Announce New Large Air Tanker Program

ST Engineering has announced at the Singapore Airshow that it will be the first company in the world to convert a Boeing 757 passenger...

National Large Air Tanker Naming Competition Now Open

Look to the skies and keep your eyes on the prize – your classroom could have a chance to name Australia’s newest aerial firefighting...

Large Amphibious Plane Forges Ahead

China is stepping up development of the homegrown AG600 large amphibious aircraft, the company developing the plane said on Wednesday. Three AG600s are expected to...

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