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Victoria Unveils 2019/2020 Aerial Firefighting Fleet

The Victorian State government in Australia introduced its largest-ever seasonal aerial firefighting fleet at a press event at Avalon Airport west of the city...

New Firefighting Weapon Comes Online

THE township of Cooroy is by most accounts a sleepy corner of Noosa Shire. So it might come as a surprise to know it’s also...

10 Tanker Air Carrier DC-10 Heading to Australia

As fires rage out of control in Australia, additional resources are on the way to help fight the flames. New Mexico based 10 Tanker Air...

Greece Sends Aerial Firefighting Assistance to Lebanon

Greece sent two Canadair CL-415 amphibious firefighting aircraft to Lebanon on Tuesday, to help with the efforts to contain the forest fires burning near...

Rural Australian Fire Grows as Aerial Firefighting Effort Continues

FIREFIGHTERS have shared a video from the Goonoo Forest bushfire that is yet to brought under control. Dozens of firefighters have been at the 264...

Strong Wind Impedes Firefighting Efforts on Mt Arjuno, Mt Welirang

Surabaya, East Java (ANTARA) - Strong wind played spoilsport in the aerial firefighting efforts to put out wildfires on the slopes of Mount Arjuno...

As Fire Risk Subsides, Global Super Tanker, Coulson Assets and Erickson Head to Next Assignments

Over a month after departing from the USA, two of Coulson Aviation's S-61T's and the company's CH-47, on its first international firefighting assignment departed...

Lebanon Battles Worst Wildfires in Decades

On 15 October, Lebanon requested assistance through the EU Civil Protection Mechanism for aerial forest firefighting capacities. Lebanon has asked for global help battling hundreds of forest...

Aerial Fight Against Wildfires in Spain Continue

The local Andalusian Government in Malaga, Spain declared a level 1 emergency plan activation in the area due to forest fires near Casares, Malaga,...

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