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Airborne Firefighting: SC Forestry Commission’s Newest Tools in Action

October 14, 2024

Arizona Forestry SEAT's fight wildfire in Congress, AZ

June 7, 2019

Crews from multiple agencies knocked down a brush fire north of Congress on Saturday afternoon. The blaze started just before noon. Approximately 38 acres burned...

Bug bombers in the sky

May 10, 2019

More than 35 years ago, a few folks got together and came up with a wild idea: Let’s get a bunch of aerial applicators from across the state and put together an aerial firefighting program that could help the rural fire departments in the event of a large wild or grass fire.

Jamie's Fire Boss parts journey

May 10, 2019

My name is Bobbi Jo, and I am the office manager for Aero Spray, Inc. in Minnesota. I have a cute little story of...

20 years ago – AT-802 Used in Fire Suppression

May 10, 2019

OLNEY, TX – Two Air Tractor aircraft recently received Type Approval from Transport Canada, the governing aviation organization for the Canadian provinces.

ASU modifies CO Fire AT-802 for first fixed-wing NVG firefighting operations

May 6, 2019

(BOISE, Idaho — August 30, 2018) Fighting fires at night is an effective tool for combatting threatening wild fires. Temperatures drop, humidity typically increases...

Air Tractor AT-802F begins firefighting work in Croatia

May 3, 2019

OLNEY, TX—Further attesting to its capabilities as a “worldclass” firefighter, the first Air Tractor AT-802F has been delivered to the Croatian government. The aircraft will...

Thrush Aircraft begins exploration of autonomous air tanker

May 3, 2019

Strategic alliance with Drone America anticipated to yield unmanned solutions to airborne wildfire surveillance and attack – and more. (Albany, GA) The arsenal of airborne...

“Why a SEAT Program?”

May 2, 2019

By Mark Bickham While fighting a relatively small wildfire, (about 40 acres.) in the Wind River Range of western Wyoming, many years ago, the...

Fred Fahey Aerial Services Flies World's First Constant Flow Electric Firegate

May 1, 2019

Fred Fahey Aerial Services, based in Cowra, New South Wales, Australia, has become the world’s first fire-fighting operator to fight fires with the all-electric...

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