Aerial Fire News

BLM SEAT Base Already Making a Difference in Firefighting Efforts

Years of discussion about a dream to locate a Single Engine Air Tanker (SEAT) base in Rock Springs has finally become a reality. The Rock...

Haaland announces $6.1M investment in local air firefighting operations

During her stop in Grand Junction, Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland announced new investments totaling $6.1 million to bolster wildland fire management operations...

Newsom administration secures 12 aircraft to support statewide fire response

As part of Governor Gavin Newsom’s investments in emergency preparedness and wildfire response, the California Department of Forestry and Fire Prevention (CAL FIRE) secured...

Bridger Aerospace Takes Delivery of Fourth CL-415 EAF

Bridger Aerospace last week took delivery of scooper 284, the fourth CL-415 EAF from Viking Aircraft. The new scooper will have little rest time...

Air Support Resumes On Tamarack Fire

The Tamarack Fire is more than 23,000 acres as of Monday, July 19. It is burning timber and many other fuels in the mountains...

Fallen Aerial Firefighters Honored in Lake Havasu City

The remains of two firefighters killed in a plane crash July 10 near Wkieup were given a hero’s sendoff today in Lake Havasu City. The...

Firefighters gaining ground on local fires ahead of predicted thunderstorms

Fire and Aviation resources are beginning to gain ground on some area fires ahead of predicted thunderstorm activity this week, which in turn will...

Hagg Lake closed to allow two planes to scoop water to fight Game Hog Creek Fire

Efforts to fight the Game Hog Creek Fire burning in the Tillamook State Forest have hit a snag today, with two of three helicopters...

Air tanker pilot fought wildfires from the sky in 2000s. ‘She’s one of the best’

Air tankers often put down the first red lines of defense at remote wildfires. The gritty work of establishing containment falls to ground firefighting crews,...

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