Wildfire

Sindag and Ibravag to Hold Meeting on Aerial Fire Operations in Brazil

Brazilian Ag Aviation Association Sindag announced this week that they will be holding a virtual seminar on Aerial Firefighting operations using agricultural aviation aircraft. ...

WA desperately needs more aerial wildfire resources, converted Boeing 747 could help

MOSES LAKE, Wash.-- The world's largest aerial firefighting aircraft is right here in our backyard, getting a tune-up and upgrade ahead of fire season. Local...

Wildfires continue to burn in west as warmer temperatures head east

Gusty, warm winds and dry conditions help spread a new wildfire in the West, this time in Colorado Springs. The Bear Creek Fire temporarily led...

Associated Aerial Firefighters – Support and Funding Dwindles

By Dave Wardall The day before I lost my friend Ted Bell, we both ended up at Redding Air Attack Base that night after a...

Courage Under Fire – The Creek Fire Rescue

A normal holiday weekend turns into a rescue for the record books for Stockton, California based Chinook and Black Hawk crews. What started as a...

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

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)...

Australian bushfires likely to happen again — and they could be even worse, inquiry warns

Australia's record-breaking 2019-20 bushfires were likely made worse by climate change, an inquiry has found, warning that such devastating wildfires are likely to happen again. Next time, the fires...

Pine Gulch fire grows 16,000 acres, now 5th largest in Colorado history

The Pine Gulch fire, a lightning-sparked blaze raging north of Grand Junction, continued to grow overnight, becoming the fifth largest wildfire in Colorado state history,...

Wildfire near Grand Junction grows to 1,500 acres

MESA COUNTY, Colo. — A wildfire 18 miles north of Grand Junction has grown to 1,500 acres, and is just 5% contained. The Pine Gulch...

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