What it takes to become a firefighter in the sky

Wildfire NOTD subscriber Jeff Berry, Vice President of Business Development with Conair, provided a behind-the-scenes look at the Abbotsford, British Columbia-based aerial firefighting giant, which is stepping up efforts to train aircrew for their 70+ aircraft with a combination of real and simulator-based drops as wildfire season takes off in parts of Canada.

What it takes to become a firefighter in the sky

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A Call To Action, Update, Rev. 17.6

Wildfire NOTD subscriber Michael Rains, a former Deputy Chief of the U.S. Forest Service, sent along Revision 17.6 of his Call to Action and a one-page Summary with the following comments: "The 2024 wildland fire season is well underway: 10,199 fires have already burned 1,774,404 acres as of April 19, 2024."

A Call To Action, Update, Rev. 17.6

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Rep. John Curtis questions U.S. Forest Service chief about wildfire management

The House Committee on Natural Resources, a Subcommittee of Federal Lands, grilled the deputy chief of the U.S. Forest Service at a hearing Wednesday morning in Washington, DC on how to better manage wildfires in the U.S.

Rep. John Curtis questions U.S. Forest Service chief about wildfire management

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Inside look from an airtanker and how it responds to Arizona wildfires

Western Pilot Service, based in Buckeye, provided a cockpit-eye view of what it's like to fly in a Single-Engine Air-Tanker, something which the Grand Canyon State's largest air-tanker company has been doing for over 30 years.

Inside look from an airtanker and how it responds to Arizona wildfires

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Washington ‘snow drought’ causes wildfire concerns as summer approaches

The Oregon State Climatologist worried that an ongoing “snow drought” in parts of Washington, Northern Idaho, Western Montana and Northern Wyoming poses serious wildfire concerns in the summer months ahead.

Washington ‘snow drought’ causes wildfire concerns as summer approaches

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Firefighting Workforce Benefits from FY25 Budget Request but Sustained Investments are Necessary to Address the Wildfire Crisis

While the Federation of American Scientists acknowledged that there is no magic bullet for solving the current wildfire crisis, they asserted that sustained investments which strategically leverage science, technology, data, and the workforce and emphasize prevention can pave the way to a more resilient future.

Firefighting Workforce Benefits from FY25 Budget Request but Sustained Investments are Necessary to Address the Wildfire Crisis

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UAS in Aerial Firefighting: How Are Drones Addressing Our Growing Wildfire Challenges?

The former Director of the Office of Aviation Services in the Department of the Interior, who served in that capacity for 16 years until his retirement, provided some thoughts on the benefits of drones in wildland firefighting at the North American Aerial Firefighting Conference.

UAS in Aerial Firefighting: How Are Drones Addressing Our Growing Wildfire Challenges?

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