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Fire in Rio Grande Do Sol a Recurring Problem

By Marcos Antonio Camargo When I started writing this article, we were contacted for another firefighting operation in the fields of the West Frontier of...

Neptune Aviation Pilot Training – Aircraft System and Fire Traffic Area Focused

When Neptune Aviation Services planned to replace its legacy fleet of piston-driven Lockheed P2V Neptunes with BAe 146 regional jets, reconfigured as air tankers,...

San Diego Success! – Tangent Link’s Aerial Firefighting Show Returns to North America

After a two-year hiatus from hosting the aerial firefighting show in the United States, Tangent Link’s Aerial Fire Fighting North America returned to San...

Cyprus Seeks EU Sanctions Out to Get Russian Firefighting Help

Cyprus wants an exemption from European Union sanctions against Russia for the invasion of Ukraine to lease Russian-made helicopters designed to fight fires. The Foreign...

Cal Fire Hawk available to fight wildfires at night for the first time

Sikorsky Firehawk helicopters, which attack wildfires and rescue people, have been called a game-changer. “It does provide a lot of power for us,” Said Ben...

Newly constructed MAFFS ground tanks give Southern California a cutting edge in aerial firefighting capabilities

Finalizing construction for a massive air-tanker base upgrade, the California Air National Guard's 146th Airlift Wing (146 AW) completed the installation of four new...

Fire Hawk helicopter ready for fire season at Columbia Air Attack Base

A dozen experienced seasonal firefighters gathered Monday at Columbia Air Attack Base to learn and relearn basics about Cal Fire’s new Copter 404, the...

First Responders Improve Interoperability, Emergency Response for Guam

First responders from Joint Region Marianas (JRM), Naval Base Guam (NBG), and Helicopter Sea-Combat Squadron (HSC) 25 participated in aerial wildland firefighting coordination training...

SDG&E completes Ramona microgrid to support aerial firefighting base

RAMONA — San Diego Gas & Electric has completed the Ramona microgrid, one of four planned microgrids within a high fire-threat district in the...

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