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Airport Fire Containment Grows As Firefighters Assess Damage

September 16, 2024

$5 Million for World’s Largest Flying Water Bomber?

January 19, 2022

The iconic Hawaii Mars, known for its years of fighting British Columbia’s wildfires, is on the market for a cool $5 million with aviation...

Perimeter Solutions Hosts Rep. Dan Newhouse, State Rep. Tom Dent at Pasco, WA Manufacturing Site

December 1, 2021

Newly Opened Facility Produces PHOS-CHEK® Long-Term Fire Retardant, Supports North American Wildfire Prevention and Protection Efforts Clayton, MO 1 December 2021 – Perimeter Solutions (NYSE: PRM), makers...

10 Tanker Drops Record-Setting 12 Million Gallons of Retardant During the Busy Fire Season

November 10, 2021

Firefighting aircraft are a powerful tool for battling forest fires, especially during the record-breaking 2021 fire season that saw 73 fires burn over 3.2...

Perimeter Solutions’ PHOS-CHEK® FORTIFY® Now Qualified by USDA Forest Service for Application as a Proactive Wildfire Solution

October 5, 2021

Uncolored, Ground-Based Retardant able to Help Prevent Wildfire Ignitions and Protect Assets with a Single Annual Application Clayton, MO 5 October 2021 – Perimeter Solutions, makers...

Is the Airbus A330 a Potential VLAT?

September 14, 2021

Numerous fires have ravaged the south of France during their summer months and concerns persist about increasing wildfire risks in the years to come....

The Reason We Don’t Have Enough Airplanes to Put Out Wildfires

August 30, 2021

Retrofitting massive jets to fight infernos is expensive, and companies say that government contracts don’t make it worth their while. When the White House gathered...

B.C.-based Coulson Aviation hits milestones with firefighting in U.S.

August 16, 2021

One of Coulson Aviation’s CH-47D Chinook aerial firefighting helicopters was spotted at the Alberni Valley Regional Airport this week. The Chinook was conducting a test...

Greece to Modernize Aerial Firefighting Fleet After Record Fire Season

August 16, 2021

Greece announced a plan this week to spend 1.7 billion euros on modernizing the country's aerial firefighting capabilities in a parliamentary session where Prime...

Russian Beriev BE-200 Aircraft Crashes in Turkey

August 16, 2021

A Russian Navy Beriev Be-200 (RF-88450) amphibious water bomber crashed into high terrain in Turkey on August 14th near Kahramanmaras, about 34 miles northwest...

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