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Six S-64 Air Crane Helicopters Continue Fight in Australia

PORTLAND, ORE. – Erickson Incorporated, a worldwide leading operator, maintainer, and manufacturer of utility aircraft, is continuing to fight the devastating Australian bushfires into the new...

Fears Longer Bushfire Season Will Make Resources Scarce and Expensive

Longer bushfire seasons will bump up the cost of fighting blazes substantially, according to leaders of the national agency which coordinates the effort across...

RFS Aircraft Continue to Call Taree Home

Manning Valley residents have witnessed a sky filled with fire fighting aircraft as the NSW Rural Fire Service utilizes the Taree airport as a...

Man Survives Bushfire Hiding in Pottery Kiln as Australian Town is Almost Wiped Out

As bushfires continue to burn out of control across Australia -- engulfing whole towns and leaving little behind but for the charred remains of people's homes -- remarkable...

Two Fires Burn Near Coopernook as RFS Continues Containment Effort Across Mid North Coast

IT is a smoky start to the new year with two fires to the south of Port Macquarie drawing in Rural Fire Service (RFS)...

Firefighter Killed as Fires Move South, 4000 Trapped on Beach as Fires Rage in Australia

Another Australian firefighter is dead after what witnesses called a 'freak weather event' saw the 10-ton apparatus flipped by the wind on to its...

NSW Bushfires: Scott Morrison Takes Aerial Tour of Blue Mountains Mega-Fire

Scott Morrison's visit to bushfire ravaged NSW has divided locals who battled a "fireball" while the prime minister was on holiday in Hawaii.Mr Morrison...

Erickson Completes 2019 Delivery for The Korean Forest Service

Erickson Incorporated announced the delivery on December 22, 2019 of K8 to the Korean Forest Service (KFS), completing the delivery of their 2019, two...

‘The Monster’: A Short History of Australia’s Biggest Forest Fire

On the afternoon of October 26, an unseasonably warm Saturday following a run of hot days, the wind picked up over the Blue Mountains...

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