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NASCAR Driver Garrett Smithley’s Dad Fighting California Wildfires Piloting DC-10 Air Tanker

January 16, 2025

United States Department of Agriculture Forest Service greenlights DART Manufacturing and Selling ELAM Rappel Kit

September 25, 2019

Hawkesbury, Ontario – September 25th 2019 – Earlier this year, the United States Department of Agriculture Forest Service (“USDA Forest Service”) – the largest wildland firefighting organization...

Pilot Program May Change How Firefighters Combat Wildfires in SoCal

September 25, 2019

LOS ALAMITOS, Calif. (KABC) -- Leaders in the Southern California firefighter community demonstrated a tool they say could be the future of wildfire combat...

U.S. Helicopter Safety Team Warns About the Next “Bump in the Road” for Fatal Accidents

September 24, 2019

WASHINGTON D.C. – As the temperature moves downward during October and November in most of the U.S., the number of fatal helicopter accidents usually moves...

Airport Unveils Capital Improvement Plan, Terminal Modernization and Aerial Firefighting Facility

September 23, 2019

ROCK SPRINGS — Southwest Wyoming Regional Airport held an open house on September 19 and shared plans for a commercial terminal modernization project that...

High Time for Fire and Rescue Department to Get its Own Bombardier CL-415: MMEA

September 23, 2019

KUCHING: The amphibious aircraft Bombardier CL-415 should be included in the asset procurement list of the Fire and Rescue Department (FRD) to add strength to...

Alice Excluded From National Water Bomber Deal

September 23, 2019

Three small fixed-wing aircraft and one helicopter are standing by at Batchelor for use as water bombers during the fire season but there are...

uAvionix Receives FAA STC for tailBeacon ADS-B OUT Solution

September 20, 2019

uAvionix today announced it has received Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) approval for its tailBeacon integrated rear position light ADS-B OUT solution. Much...

Aerial Tracking Strengthens Fire Prevention

September 20, 2019

In the 10 months after the Woolsey fire, Southern California Edison remains the region’s whipping boy, a wounded company caught in the crosshairs of...

First Innovative Firefighting Technology Contracts Come to California

September 20, 2019

California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Wednesday the award of two contracts for cutting-edge technologies designed to help combat the deadly wildfires. Under the contracts,...

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