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The Dash 8-400AT – Conair’s Next Gen Air Tanker

During the 2021 fire season, while Canada and the U.S. developed plans around having access to their combined resources, Mother Nature threw a curveball...

Banning Drones from China Has Hurt U.S. Ability to Fight Forest Fires

U.S. government moves restricting agencies access to the massive market of cheap and effective small drones made in China has made it more difficult...

‘It Was Just Wild’: Guardsmen Fight Fires From the Sky

So far this year, the National Interagency Fire Center has reported 47,525 wildfires that have burned more than 6.49 million acres across 13 states....

U.S Forest Service Says Goodbye to the Cobra

Story cover image by Jason Nava The United States Forest Service said goodbye on October 16th to their Vietnam war-era Cobra helicopters as an aerial...

Portugal: Critical wildfire period ends with lowest number of rural fires in last decade

The critical rural fire season which mobilises the largest number of firefighting resources, ends on Thursday, with the lowest number of fires and the...

BLM plans post-wildfire aerial herbicide treatment west of Maupin

The Bureau of Land Management's Prineville District Office will soon begin aerial spraying of the herbicide imazapic on 370 acres of land burned by...

Boundary Fire burns 73,620 acres

SALMON, Idaho (KIFI) - The lightning-caused Boundary Fire that started on August 10 has burned 73,620 acres and is 48% contained. The Boundary Fire is...

Reserve C-130 aerial firefighting teams fly during second busiest wildfire season

The 302nd Airlift Wing has three C-130 Hercules aircraft flying sorties out of McClellan Air Tanker Base this year in Sacramento County, California, performing an aerial...

New aerial video shows rugged terrain, Auburn landmarks, planes attacking Bridge Fire

Dramatic new aerial video shows Cal Fire planes attacking the Bridge Fire around the Auburn State Recreation Area this week. Firefighters continued to make progress on...

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