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Hangar Expansion in La Ronge to Improve Aerial Firefighting Capacity

The province is trying to be more prepared when it comes to fighting forest fires in northern Saskatchewan. Environment Minister Dustin Duncan was at the...

High in the Cascades, a Lone Fire Lookout Still Keeps Watch

GLACIER PEAK WILDERNESS, Wash. — Smoke was rising over Bonanza Peak. So Russ Dalton, 72, stepped inside the lookout post perched high above the Glacier Peak...

Aerial Firefighters Take On Blaze Near San Diego

Helicopters were deployed on September 25 as firefighters fought a 50-acre fire near Lakeside, California. Cal Fire San Diego responded at around 12:50 pm local time and...

AerialFire at Airventure

The annual AirVenture show rolled into Oshkosh, Wisconsin again in 2019, celebrating its 50th year in the Upper Midwest. This year brought with it...

Consumer Drone Use Continues to Ground Aircraft With No Sign of Slowing

As consumer drone sales numbers continue to increase annually, so too does the risk posed to the aerial firefighting industry by the casual use...

Brazilian Agricultural Aviation Rises to Assist in Amazon Wildfires.

As an unseasonably severe dry season hits Brazil and the fires raging in the Amazon receive international attention, agricultural aviation begins to showcase its...

Moving the Safety Needle

As I read the latest press release from the United States Helicopter Safety Team (USHST), I was saddened to see that if the accident...

Robinson R66 Turbine Surpasses One Million Flight Hours

Torrance, CA – (24 September 2019) Robinson Helicopter Company announced the R66 Turbine fleet surpassed 1,000,000 flight hours. The R66 with the Rolls-Royce RR300 turbine engine...

Residents Urged to Prepare for Bushfire Danger Period

The bushfire danger period for the Southern Tablelands, including the Upper Lachlan Shire, will commence on October 1. The NSW Rural Fire Service (RFS) has...

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