Medical Condition Likely Led to Death of Fire-Bombing Pilot
A potentially undiagnosed medical condition likely led to a BK117 pilot suffering a fatal crash while tackling a fire in ...
Tag: Australia
Fierce winds ground crucial firefighting aircraft battling Perth Hills blaze
A second fire in Western Australia is only eight kilometers away from joining a 130-kilometer wall of flames that continues to threaten homes ...
Victorian firefighters get a dedicated drone unit
The Victorian government has launched an aviation unit within Fire Rescue Victoria (FRV) that will be responsible for using drone ...
Winch training to help fight remote fires
Twenty-five Tasmania Parks and Wildlife Service (PWS) firefighters are undertaking winch training to enable rapid attack of fires where access ...
Air tanker investment essential to preventing tragedy
It is just on a year since the Mt Currowan fire terrorized the Eurobodalla shire killing four people, destroying 500 ...
Masons donate water tanks for Turkey Lane fire-bomber airstrip on Kangaroo Island
The forward operations fire-fighting airstrip at Turkey Lane on Kangaroo Island will get new water tanks thanks to the Masonic ...
Aerial fire trail inspections take off
The NSW Government is taking to the air using helicopters for aerial inspections of fire trails across the state in ...
Australia’s New Weapon Against Deadly Bushfires
As Australia prepares for bushfire season, a new group of pilots is ready to bring a new weapon to the nation's ...
National emergency laws but no sovereign aerial firefighting fleet
State governments will be left to decide how to fill the gaps in aerial waterbombing capacity after the federal government ...
GOING ABOVE AND BEYOND: Two Iconic Families Unite to Establish Australia’s First National Aerial Firefighting Service
MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA – November 4, 2020: Two iconic families have come together to solve one of Australia’s most urgent problems. ...
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