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Fraser Island Fire Continues to Burn Despite Aerial Firefighting Efforts

A fire that has been burning on Australia's Fraser Island in Queensland for over 6 weeks is gaining ground this week as aerial firefighting...

A Defence chopper sparked Canberra’s Namadgi bushfire, but its crew didn’t tell authorities the location for 45 minutes

The crew of an Australian Army helicopter that sparked a massive bushfire in Namadgi National Park did not pass on crucial details about the...

Thales and StandardAero Successfully Achieve the Industry’s First 4-Axis Autopilot Flight Test for Airbus AS350 and H125 Helicopters

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. – November 30, 2020 – Thales and StandardAero have announced the successful first flight test of a revolutionary compact autopilot system that will bring...

Kaimai bush fire now contained

Update: 3.30pm A forestry and scrub fire in the Lower Kaimais that started on Friday night has now been contained. "All the fire and emergency...

Aerial fire trail inspections take off

The NSW Government is taking to the air using helicopters for aerial inspections of fire trails across the state in preparation for the summer...

Tangent Link Announces Presentations for Aerial Firefighting Europe

Aerial Firefighting Europe is scheduled to take place on 27 - 28 April 2021 in Nîmes, France with full support from Sécurité Civile. In light...

Aerial Support Called to Fight Avenel Fire

Aerial support was deployed from Mangalore to fight a hay fire in Avenel on Thursday afternoon. Emergency services, including fire trucks from Avenel, Seymour, Locksley and Nagambie,...

Government to Establish National Resilience and Recovery Entity

The federal government has agreed to implement the bushfire royal commission’s recommendation to establish a standing national resilience and recovery agency to help Australia...

National emergency laws but no sovereign aerial firefighting fleet

State governments will be left to decide how to fill the gaps in aerial waterbombing capacity after the federal government did not endorse a...

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