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Compass Minerals Announces no 2024 Fortress Retardant Contract with USFS

March 25, 2024

Aerial firefighting costs explode after a large flame

February 8, 2021

Some large-scale fires that required intensive fire fighting from the air meant that the initial annual budget of $ 6.7 million set by Fentz...

Aerial tankers ‘absolutely critical’ to stopping inferno at Perth’s gates

February 5, 2021

Three large aerial water tankers filled with retardant were what stood between Perth’s out-of-control inferno and disaster as 27 fire crews inside Shady Hills...

Philippine Air Force Orders 15 Black Hawks for Multi Mission Capability

February 5, 2021

MANILA, Philippines — President Rodrigo Duterte has approved the acquisition of 15 Black Hawk helicopters for the Philippine Air Force, Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles...

Former ACT fire chief says locating and quickly quelling ignition points is the key to beating bushfires

February 5, 2021

The events of 18 years ago when lightning struck a dead tree near McIntyre's Hut in the Brindabella Valley and was a key generator...

Fierce winds ground crucial firefighting aircraft battling Perth Hills blaze

February 5, 2021

A second fire in Western Australia is only eight kilometers away from joining a 130-kilometer wall of flames that continues to threaten homes in the Perth Hills...

Kestrel Aviation Launches FireHawk 1 in Australia

February 4, 2021

Kestrel Aviation, one of Australia's largest fire contractors announced today that in partnership with Florida based Firehawk Helicopters, the company was bringing 'Firehawk 1"...

McDermott Aviation Continues to Fight Western Australia Fires

February 4, 2021

Aerial assets and resources continue to be scrambled to Australia's west as the fire risk in Western Australia continues to grow. The fire has...

Dry conditions and high winds creating ‘extreme’ fire risk in Christchurch

January 25, 2021

Fire crews will fight any blazes in Christchurch “aggressively” as dry conditions lead to an increased number of fires in the Port Hills. Twenty properties...

A collaborative approach to detecting, fighting & extinguishing bushfires

January 14, 2021

The cutting edge Australian developed technology leading the way in FireTech Three trailblazing Sunshine Coast-based companies are changing the way bushfires are detected, fought, and...

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