Press Release – AerialFire

Firescan Provides Critical Tool in Australia’s Bushfires

This year, Firefighting agencies across the country are battling a dramatic increase in the severity and frequency of bushfires due to the impact of the ongoing drought and adverse forecast weather conditions.... Read More...

Sydney Opera House Lights Up With Images of Firefighters in Support of Australia’s Bushfire Crisis

The sails of the Sydney Opera House have lit up with touching images of volunteer firefighters in support of bushfire affected communities.The projections, which began at 8.30pm tonight, are a tribute to the f... Read More...

Erickson Announces Multiple Purchases of S-64 Skycrane

PORTLAND, ORE. – Erickson Incorporated, a worldwide leading operator, maintainer, and manufacturer of utility aircraft, announces new aircraft orders to be delivered in 2020 and 2021, demonstrating further com... Read More...

Australian Defense Forces Assist in Unprecedented Bushfire Assistance Missions

Australia's Defense Forces including the Australian Army and Australian Navy have been performing missions over the last month around Australia in an unprecendented response to assist residents and emergency s... Read More...

HAI Names Jim Viola as New President and CEO

Alexandria, Va. (January 6, 2019) – The Board of Directors of Helicopter Association International (HAI) is pleased to name James A. Viola as the organization’s next president and CEO effective Jan. 16, 2020. ... Read More...

Erickson Completes 2019 Delivery for The Korean Forest Service

Erickson Incorporated announced the delivery on December 22, 2019 of K8 to the Korean Forest Service (KFS), completing the delivery of their 2019, two aircraft order. This brings KFS operational fleet up t... Read More...

Bushfire Outlook Update Makes for More Grim Reading for Summer Ahead

The outlook was already bad, with above-normal fire potential for most of the east coast. Now, the areas considered at greater threat have expanded into northern Victoria, northern Queensland and further al... Read More...

VIDEO: SDFD Debuts New Firehawk Helicopter

San Diego City fire debuted its newest aerial firefighting weapon this week as it arrived home from being outfitted at United Rotorcraft in Colorado. Check out the video from ABC 7 San Diego below or their ... Read More...

United Rotorcraft and Sikorsky Deliver Three Firehawk’s to California Firefighting Agencies

ENGLEWOOD, Colorado, Dec. 09, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- United Rotorcraft, a division of Air Methods Corporation, and Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin company, announced today deliveries of three new S-70i™ FIREHAWK... Read More...

U.S. Helicopter Safety Team Initiatives Aim to Cut Down Fatal Helicopter Accidents

WASHINGTON D.C. – The arrow is pointing in the right direction - - downward. Over the past two decades, the U.S. helicopter fatal accident rate has been cut in half, from 1.27 fatal accidents per 100,000... Read More...