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Sindag Launches Informational Campaign on Aerial Firefighting

November 8, 2024

January 11, 2021

HELSINKI, FINLAND – Coptersafety started the installation of its next Level D Full-Flight simulator at the beginning of summer 2020, and it is estimated...

Winch training to help fight remote fires

January 8, 2021

Twenty-five Tasmania Parks and Wildlife Service (PWS) firefighters are undertaking winch training to enable rapid attack of fires where access is limited by remoteness,...

Firefighting helicopters delivered to the ACT

January 7, 2021

Three "invaluable" firefighting helicopters have arrived in the ACT to help protect the territory during the bushfire season. Fire conditions look favorable this season and...

Terrain turbulence affects Dzukou Valley fire fighting

January 7, 2021

Turbulence because of terrain, controllability of chopper with 3,500 liters of water in a specialized bucket dangling from a 23-ft cable and pinpointing target...

Aerial Firefighting Thrives in Brazil with the Help of Agricultural Aviation

January 5, 2021

This article was originally published in the print version of AerialFire Magazine's January/February issue. Story by Lucas Zanoni 2020 was characterized by the rise of agricultural...

The RJ85 Heads Downunder

January 5, 2021

For the past three years, the Conair RJ85 has traveled from its home hangar at Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada, to New South Wales, Australia,...

Dzukou: IAF resumes Bambi bucket operations to control wildfire

January 4, 2021

Indian Air Force helicopters on Sunday resumed Bambi Bucket operations to douse the fire in Dzouku Valley. Four Mi-17 helicopters have been deployed at Dimapur...

Air tanker investment essential to preventing tragedy

January 4, 2021

It is just on a year since the Mt Currowan fire terrorized the Eurobodalla shire killing four people, destroying 500 homes, and affecting thousands...

Huge change to Aussie fire tactics

January 4, 2021

A year ago Australians couldn't believe what they were seeing. Sydney Harbour shrouded in smoke, red apocalyptic skies, footage of fires rising up and "crowning" among...

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