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Airport Fire Containment Grows As Firefighters Assess Damage

September 16, 2024

Record Amount of Fire Retardant Dropped this Year from Jeffco Airtanker Base

November 9, 2020

The Jeffco Airtanker Base, which operates out of the Rocky Mountain Metropolitan Airport, has recorded a record-breaking amount of fire retardant used to fight fires. Through...

U.S Forest Service Releases Multi Year Report on Firefighting Use And Effectiveness

October 6, 2020

The U.S Forest Service released their final report today on the Aerial Firefighting Use and Effectiveness (AFUE) study. The Aerial Firefighting Use and Effectiveness (AFUE)...

C/NCIA able to accommodate planes of all sizes in fighting fires

August 11, 2020

CASPER, Wyo. (Wyoming News Now) - When it comes to aerial firefighting, you probably have an idea of what the planes look like and...

10 Tanker Air Carrier DC-10, an aerial firefighting wonder

July 28, 2020

With fire season upon us, fleets of different firefighting aircraft are positioned at specific airports and airbases to provide a rapid response to wildfires...

Meet the VLAT, the country’s most powerful firefighting tool

June 26, 2020

PHOENIX — It takes a whole team from the firefighters on the ground to the crews in the air to battle the large brush...

First of its kind: new firefighting aircraft in Montana

June 26, 2020

BELGRADE, Mont. — Bridger Aerospace in Belgrade gave NBC Montana an inside look at a new plane that will help fight forest fires this season. The...

Cal Fire says it will rely on air attacks as firefighters try to maintain social distancing

June 22, 2020

MCCLELLAN PARK, Calif. (KTXL) — With COVID-19 cases on the rise, fire crews are preparing to not only battle wildfires but also this virus. Cal...

New Study By Global Super Tanker Quantifies Aerial Firefighting Effectiveness

March 6, 2020

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Global SuperTanker Services, LLC (“GSTS”) today released a two-part, independent analysis of aerial firefighting effectiveness and the economic impact of U.S....

The World Burns All Year. Are There Enough Planes to Douse the Flames?

November 25, 2019

As climate change pushes California’s fire season into Australia’s, an intricate system of resource sharing struggles with the load. Sharing the giant air tankers...

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