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New System Fills Firefighting Helicopters Faster

Spanish firm Inventec unveiled a new system which allows firefighting helicopters to refill at a much higher speed than currently-available systems

New aerial firefighting system gulps water faster

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CFA Shows Off Fire Boss Air-Tanker

Country Fire Authority District 24 showed off their new Fireboss aircraft which aims to squelch bushfires in the northeast this fire season

New Fireboss to help put dampener on north-east Vic fires

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Bushfire and Natural Hazards CRC Newsletter

Wildfire NOTD subscriber Nathan Maddock, Communications Officer for Bushfire and Natural Hazards CRC, sent along their December newsletter

Latest News from the CRC

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10 Tanker Donates Engine To Community College

Wildfire NOTD subscriber Rick Hatton, CEO of 10 Tanker Air Carrier, discussed the donation of one of their DC-10 engines to Central New Mexico Community College

10 Tanker donates Jet Engine to college

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Technology Harnessed To Fight Australian Bushfires

Technology is being harnessed to battle Australian bushfires on the ground, in the air, and even in cyberspace

Science fights bushfires on a multitude of fronts

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Lake Tahoe To Be Protected By Wildfire Cameras

Nevada scientists hope to eventually ring Lake Tahoe with a network of cameras to help alert authorities to spot potentially disastrous wildfires

Cameras could ring Tahoe to help warn of wildfires

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Stanford Researchers Unveil Potential Biodegradable Wildfire Drone

Stanford University researchers have come up with a biodegradable drone that could someday scout firelines from above

This Bio-Drone Grows Itself, And Then Melts Into A Puddle Of Sugar When It's Done Flying

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Aero-Flite Settles In At Spokane International

Air-tanker contractor Aero-Flite has moved its corporate offices and maintenance base into a facility at Washington state's Spokane International Airport, where it plans to have 65 employees working by February

Forest fire-fighting aerospace company sets up headquarters in Spokane

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USFS Expert To Keynote New Zealand Conference

The Forest Industry Engineering Association announced that a US Forest Service forest firefighting expert will be the keynote speaker at conferences in Rotorua, New Zealand, and Melbourne, Australia, next March

Forest Firefighting Expert - International Safety Conference

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Forest Industry Engineering Assocation To Include Australian Conferences In 2015

In a press release, the The Forest Industry Engineering Association has just announced it’s flagship forest safety conference series will be extended to include Australia in March 2015

International Safety Specialists to focus on Forestry

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South African Firefighting Firm Battles Bushfires

The co-Managing Director of Kishugu discussed how a private firefighting firm, boasting 50 aircraft and 6,000 personnel (similar to Firebombers Incorporated), battles bushfires in South Africa

Kishugu

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Former Carson Helicopter VP Indicted

The former vice president of Carson Helicopters, based in Grants Pass, Oregon, pleaded guilty to falsifying helicopter weights that resulted in nine deaths in 2008 on California's Shasta-Trinity National Forest

Man pleads guilty to fraud over helicopter weights

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A Snapshot Of US Aerial Firefighting Fleet

As Neptune Aviation anxiously awaits word from USFS on how many planes they will need to deploy under the Next-Gen 2.0 contracts, USFS Aviation Chief Tom Harbour revealed that in addition to heavy air-tankers the fleet includes 72 SEATs, three water-scoopers and 668 helicopters

Neptune's firefighting jets await word on future Forest Service contracts

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Texas Company Converting Trucks To Fight Wildfires

Steele Fire Apparatus is cranking out wildfire trucks in Haskell, Texas

Haskell firm turns trucks into wildfire fighters

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Firehouse World Sets Dates/Times For Programs

Dates and times for San Diego, California's, Firehouse World 2015 conferenece have been announced

Firehouse World announces new exhibit hall dates and times for 2015

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New Study Shows More Logging Needed In Pacific Northwest

An editorial cited a study conducted jointly by the Nature Conservancy and USFS that suggested that 9 million acres of timber in the Pacific Northwest needs to be logged to reduce wildfires

Editorial: Our forests are being shortchanged by Congress

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Coulson Aviation Shows Off C-130 Air-Tanker

Wildfire NOTD subscribers Wayne and Britt Coulson, CEO and Aviation Manager at British Columbia-based Coulson Aviation USA, discussed the unique configuration of their C-130 firefighting aircraft

Coulsons upgrade their firefighting fleet

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