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Strike First – Ask Questions Later

Washington State’s Department of Natural Resources (DNR) has fought wildfires with this same aggressive strategy since 2016 and, to date, it has been extremely successful. Michael Cuthbert, Washington’s DNR Av... 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...

Fighting Fire with Firehawks

As the Cave Fire grew into a continuous line of flame alongside State Route 154, from afar, headlights could be seen bobbing on the pitch-black hillsides. It was a dozer cutting through brush on rugged terrain... Read More...

Only ‘Flooding Rain’ Can Douse the Flames

“Worst ever” and “unprecedented” have become the new norm this bushfire season, but when a blaze grows to the size of Sydney a new standard of overwhelming is set and firefighting becomes a logistical headache... Read More...

Heli Austria Selects Helitak Firefighting Tank for Super Puma Firecat

Heli Austria announced today that after many months of research and investigation for the design and supply of an underbelly aerial fire suppression tank suitable for the companies Super Puma fleet it had chos... Read More...

Refuge Notebook: Managing Wildfire with Data

When you think of data-driven careers, the natural resource field is probably not the first profession that comes to mind. I envision a guy or gal sitting behind a super computer in the Silicon Valley running ... Read More...

Victoria Unveils 2019/2020 Aerial Firefighting Fleet

The Victorian State government in Australia introduced its largest-ever seasonal aerial firefighting fleet at a press event at Avalon Airport west of the city this week. Totalling 50 aircraft, the fleet com... Read More...

Coeur d’Alene Airport Sees New Developments

COEUR D’ALENE – Wooden boat manufacturer StanCraft Co. is constructing a 30,000-square-foot private airplane hangar at the Coeur d’Alene Airport-Pappy Boyington Field – one of a number of development... Read More...

How to Become an Aerial Firefighter

A top-notch aerial firefighter isn’t a pilot – they’re a firefighter with an airplane. They know fire behavior and suppression tactics. They understand that fire is the mission and their expert piloting skills... Read More...

Quantum3D Awarded Multi-Million Dollar Contract by Conair Group Inc.

Quantum3D announced December 2nd from the I/ITSEC conference that the company was awarded a contract by Conair Group Inc. to design, build, and deliver 5 fully Networked Flight Training Devices for the world’s... Read More...