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Contra Costa Fire, PG&E Partner to Staff Aerial Firefighting Helicopter

Contra Costa County Fire Protection District (Contra Costa Fire) and Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E) are partnering to staff a seasonal aerial firefighting helicopter. The...

Airbus Awarded $25M Contract for Nova Scotia’s New Water Bombers

Nova Scotia is getting its new wildfire fighting helicopters from aerospace company Airbus. The new water bombers will replace the fleet of four helicopters that...

Colorado Releases Life-Saving Technology Free to All Public Safety Agencies

Rifle, CO - The Center of Excellence for Advanced Technology Aerial Firefighting (CoE), a section of Colorado's Division of Fire Prevention and Control (DFPC), announces...

La. Guard Partners With State Police for Enhanced Aerial Firefighting Training

By Spc. Duncan Foote, Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office NEW ORLEANS – Aviators from the Louisiana National Guard’s 204th Theater Airfield Operations Group partnered with...

Georgian Border Police Receive Third French Helicopter for Firefighting, Mountain Rescue

Georgia’s Ministry of Internal Affairs on Sunday said the Border Police had received from Germany the third Airbus H145 helicopter designated for firefighting and...

Guard Aviation Crews Helps Contain Wildfires Across State

Story by Joseph Siemandel Cooler temperatures and some wetting rains have greatly reduced the state’s fire risk, allowing the State Emergency Operations Center to reduce its...

Airport Fire Containment Grows As Firefighters Assess Damage

TRABUCO CANYON, CA — Containment lines slowly grew Friday around the monstrous Airport Fire burning in Orange and Riverside counties, with "favorable" weather conditions...

Nevada Guard Continues Davis Fire Suppression Effort; Containment Jumps to 56 Percent

Halting the progression of the Davis Fire was akin to stopping the onslaught of charging military formation. After the wildfire raged through Washoe Valley, destroying...

Army National Guard and New York Naval Militia Conduct Water Bucket Training on the Hudson River

The New York Naval Militia, the New York Army National Guard, the New York Guard and the Schodack Landing Fire Company teamed up to...

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