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Caldor Fire 100% contained, two months after Lake Tahoe evacuations

The Caldor Fire, which destroyed hundreds of homes in rural El Dorado County and displaced tens of thousands of residents in and near South...

SAAF assists with firefighting in the Northern Cape

The South African Air Force (SAAF) has helped fight fires in the Northern Cape in collaboration with the South African Police Service (SAPS), Agri...

Banning Drones from China Has Hurt U.S. Ability to Fight Forest Fires

U.S. government moves restricting agencies access to the massive market of cheap and effective small drones made in China has made it more difficult...

‘It Was Just Wild’: Guardsmen Fight Fires From the Sky

So far this year, the National Interagency Fire Center has reported 47,525 wildfires that have burned more than 6.49 million acres across 13 states....

Erickson S-64 Air Crane to Return to Australian Skies This Season

The Erickson Air Crane will return to Australia this year, although with a much smaller footprint than previous years. In a statement distributed to...

U.S Forest Service Says Goodbye to the Cobra

Story cover image by Jason Nava The United States Forest Service said goodbye on October 16th to their Vietnam war-era Cobra helicopters as an aerial...

Greek Firefighting Season Ends as Many Aircraft Head to Australia for Season

The Greek firefighting season came to a close this week as crews from all over the world began the process of packing their aircraft...

Perimeter Solutions’ PHOS-CHEK® LCE20W, Uncolored Version of its Flagship Long-Term Fire Retardant, Added to USDA Forest Service Qualified Product List

New Ground-Applied Solution Improves Environmental Profile of PHOS-CHEK LC95W Predecessor Clayton, MO 14 October 2021 – Perimeter Solutions, makers of PHOS-CHEK® long-term fire retardant and...

DART Aerospace announces large firefighting supply agreement for Fire Attack® Systems for the FIREHAWK

DART Aerospace is proud to announce it has signed an agreement for the supply of a new generation of Fire Attack® Systems for the...

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