RFS Aircraft Continue to Call Taree Home
Manning Valley residents have witnessed a sky filled with fire fighting aircraft as the NSW Rural...
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Sunshine Fire Forces Evacuations Near Boulder, Colorado
Wildfire near downtown Boulder forces more than a thousand to evacuate the Colorado city A...
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Lost Canyon Wildfire South of Dolores is Contained
Fire crews on Friday mopped up a wildfire that broke out Thursday morning south of Dolores, said...
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Multiple Wildfires Burning in Colorado
Hot weather and dry conditions favored wildfires burning on more than 1,250 acres around Colorado...
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Aerial and Ground Assets Fight to Contain Dozens of Fires in Australia's Northeast
An unseasonably dry winter in Australia that many had already warned was going to pose a more...
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Firefighters Battle Blazes Across South East Queensland
Fire crews have contained a fast-moving blaze that flared up west of Kalbar on Queensland’s...
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Osprey Tangle Into Power Line Sparks Stites Fire
STITES – An unfortunate osprey took a tangle into power lines last week that sparked a wildfire,...
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Video: Dauntless Air Fire Boss Demonstration
Appleton, Minnesota based Dauntless Air who operates a fleet of Air Tractor AT-802 Fire Boss...
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Aerial Fire Fighting’s tool box
America’s aerial firefighting fleet is a large and diversified one. Often referred to as a tool box with each tool having a specific use.
Sunshine Fire Forces Evacuations Near Boulder, Colorado
Wildfire near downtown Boulder forces more than a thousand to evacuate the Colorado city A...
Macedonian AT-802A Fire Boss seen following heavy maintenance in Croatia
Macedonian Protection and Rescue Directorate Air Tractor AT-802A Fire Boss fire-fighting aircraft,...
One of a kind plane and pilot
Ever since its introduction by Wipaire in 2003, the Fire Boss has been a big hit in the aerial firefighting industry. Basically an Air Tractor AT-802F fitted with a highly modified set of amphibious floats based on Wipaire’s Twin Otter floats, the Fire Boss fills a niche in the specialized form of aerial firefighting known as scooping. Scooping is when an aircraft skims across a body of water to fill its tank with a load of water.
Single Engine Air Tankers Practice Drops in Oregon.
SALEM, Ore. — Two single-engine air tankers will fly from their base in Prineville to...