Dakota Fire Systems Offering Gel Sprayer To Wider Market

Dakota Fire Systems, which has used gel-spraying trucks to protect many homes from wildfires, is now offering its gel-spraying systems to fire departments, government agencies and neighborhood associations

Dakota Fire Systems™ aiming its firefighting gel sprayer at wider market

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Colorado Firefighting Air Corps Website

Wildfire NOTD subscriber John Simmons, Special Aide to State Senator Steve King sent along a link to their Firefighting Air Corps website, which carries information on the progress of SB14-164 as it wends its way through the Legislature

Colorado Firefighting Air Corps

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BLM May Base SEATs At Riverton

The Bureau of Land Management has requested a one-year lease at Wyoming's Riverton Regional Airport to base a pair of Single-Engine Air-Tankers (SEATs) during the wildfire season

BLM interested in staging two firefighting aircraft at Riverton Regional Airport

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Colorado Aerial Firefighting Bill Approved By Senate

State Senator Steve King commented on the advances in his campaign to fund Colorado's aerial firefighting force in the wake of a Senate victory

Firefighting may get much easier

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Nevada Wildfire Awareness Month Event In Carson City May 3rd

The Carson City Fire Department will conduct a Nevada Wildfire Awareness Month Kickoff event at Mills Park on May 3rd

Carson City Kicks Off Nevada Wildfire Awareness Month May 3

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French And Spanish Air-Tankers Go Head To Head

French and Spanish aerial firefighting forces enjoyed some friendly competition on Lake Gimone outside of Boulogne-sur-Gesse

Forest fires: a Franco-Spanish race

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Columbia Helicopters Receives FAA Diamond Award

Wildfire NOTD subscriber Tom Eversole, Executive Director of the American Helicopter Services & Aerial Firefighting Association, congratulated Portland, Oregon-based Columbia Helicopters on its receipt of a Diamond Award Of Excellence from the FAA

Columbia Helicopters Diamond Award

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Austin City Council Mulls Wildfire Sensor Choices

In Texas, Austin City Council is still debating which wildfire sensor system to buy to better protect against wildfires

Austin might buy sensors to help detect wildfires

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Coulson C-130 Operating Out Of Reno Airport

Wildfire NOTD subscriber Jim Messer, COO of the Coulson Group of Companies, discussed their plans to operate a C-130 out of Nevada's Reno-Tahoe International Airport

Firefighting C-130 brings promise of jobs, bigger fleet

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Civilian Aircraft Find New Life As Firebombers

Some impressive heavy air-tanker videos accompany a layman's introduction to civilian aircraft converted to firebombers

Notice Anything on the Side of the Plane in This Picture?

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New Study Forecasts Ominous Fire Season Across The West

Wildfire NOTD subscriber Max Moritz, a Researcher at UC Berkeley's Center For Fire Research and Outreach, discussed the impact of wildfires on the West in a study from the University of Utah

Western Wildfires Getting Wilder Every Year

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Why Colorado Needs An Aerial Firefighting Fleet

Fire personnel weighed in on the importance of the proposed Colorado aerial firefighting fleet

Colorado's own fleet of firefighting aircraft gets budget approval

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Biomass Gasification Plant Turns Placer County Wildfire Fuel Into Energy

Phoenix Energy will use timber harvested from Placer County wildfire mitigation efforts to fuel its biomass gasification plant near Lake Tahoe, California

Phoenix Energy Signs Agreement to Build California's First Forest Biomass Gasification Plant near Lake Tahoe

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Aging Planes Being Used To Battle Wildfires

A CBS News video looks at the depleted heavy air-tanker fleet once again, citing the sobering 2012 statistic that only about half of the requests for airstrikes were fulfilled

Aging planes being used to battle wildfires

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Flame Seal Products And Firebreak Systems Team Up

Houston-based Flame Seal Products has joined up with Oregon-based Firebreak Systems LLC to distribute wildfire protection products on the West Coast

Flame Seal Products, Inc. Announces Agreement To Enter The Wildfire Loss Prevention Market

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Large Wildland Fire Conference May 19-23

Wildfire NOTD subscriber Mikel Robinson, Executive Director of the International Association of Wildland Fire, sent along a reminder about their upcoming Large Wildland Fires conference in Missoula May 19-23

Large Wildland Fires Conference

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Colorado Senate Committee To Vote On Air-Tanker Bill

The Colorado Senate Agriculture Committee will vote on a bill on Monday that would allocate $19 million to fund a state-operated aerial firefighting fleet

Air fleet to get $19M boost

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SEAT Simulator Only One Of Its Kind

Central Florida Aero AG showed off their SEAT simulator, the only one in the world

Flight training from the ground up

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80,000 Acres Up In Smoke In Colombia

As drought conditions persist in Colombia, 80,000 acres have gone up in smoke so far this year

Wildfires have destroyed over 80,000 acres of Colombian forest in 2014

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Colorado Fire Director Recommends Funding State Air-Tanker Fleet

The Director of the Colorado Division of Fire Prevention and Control's report focused on ways to suppress fires early on (the report can be read here)

Colorado's Fire Director finds 'critical need to enhance the state's firefighting resources'

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Sticker Shock On Colorado Aerial Firefighting Fleet

An editorial from the Denver Post slams plans to spend $21 million on a state-operated air-tanker fleet

Sticker shock on Colorado aerial firefighting fleet

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Wireless Sensor Networks To Detect Forest Fires

Researchers are exploring the effectiveness of Wireless Sensor Networks in detecting forest fires in Seshachalam, India

Wireless technology to tackle forest fire

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GAO Supports Next-Generation Protest Against USFS

The Government Accountability Office said the Forest Service should either bolster its justification for awarding a single-source contract to Neptune Aviation for two BAe 146 air-tankers or redo the bidding

Forest Service contract for new wildfire-fighting air tankers now in question

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USFS Unveils Proposed 2015 Budget

A summary of the House Appropriations Subcommittee hearing on US Forest Service's 2015 budget is first up today

House Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Hearing

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Oregon Prescribed Fire Council To Hold First Meeting In Bend

The first meeting of the Oregon Prescribed Fire Council will be held at the third biennial Central Oregon Fire Science Symposium in Bend April 7-10

Bend symposium to study wildfire science, impacts

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Guardian Aerial Firefighting System Could Serve 11 Countries

Wildfire NOTD subscriber Rick Goddard, Director of Caylym Technologies, discussed how certification of their Guardian Aerial Firefighting System on the C-27J Spartan aircraft allows them to support firefighting efforts in 11 countries

Caylym Looks to Use Aircraft Certification as the Key to Saving One Home This Fire Season

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