Prince George Citizen Sutherland Road fire exposes unique rural firefighting agreementPrince George CitizenTake the Sutherland Road fire, which has been burning for more than a week north east of the community of Fort Fraser, about 135 kilometres west of Prince George. The nearly 16-square-kilometre fire was first spotted on July 7 by a nearby resident, […]
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Balkan Insight Blazes Expose Montenegro’s Firefighting DeficienciesBalkan InsightLocal media reported on Tuesday that the Montenegrin government asked NATO to help by sending two Canadair firefighting planes to combat blazes on the Lustica peninsula and in the Djurasevici area in the south of the country which have forced the … Powered by WPeMatico
TheChronicleHerald.ca Nova Scotia’s firefighting elite off to BCTheChronicleHerald.caHALIFAX — A group of elite Nova Scotia firefighters will join the front lines battling wildfires burning across British Columbia. Twenty highly-trained firefighters and a manager will board a chartered plane in Halifax that is transporting …SA firefighting experts heading to Canada9news.com.auEntire city and area of Williams Lake […]
Vancouver Sun Daily Poll: Could partisan politics hamper BC firefighting efforts?Vancouver SunA fire burns in Lake Country, B.C., in this July 16, 2017 Twitter handout photo. HO / THE CANADIAN PRESS. Share Adjust Comment Print. NDP Leader John Horgan is expected to be sworn as B.C.’s 36th premier on Tuesday. Postmedia columnist Rob Shaw … Powered […]
Vernon Morning Star MP applauds firefighting effortsVernon Morning StarThe street was covered in fire retardant from the firefighting aerial attack Saturday night. People had to leave so quickly, there was no time to prepare. Door were left behind unlocked. Garage doors were left open. Early Sunday afternoon, many of the …Fire 80% containedPentiction Western News8 […]
Vernon Morning Star MP applaud firefighting effortsVernon Morning StarThe street was covered in fire retardant from the firefighting aerial attack Saturday night. People had to leave so quickly, there was no time to prepare. Door were left behind unlocked. Garage doors were left open. Early Sunday afternoon, many of the …Fire 80% containedPentiction Western News8 […]
CBS News Giant firefighting airtanker grounded by red tapeCBS NewsJuly 17, 2017, 8:20 AM | More than 50 large wildfires are scorching land this morning across the western U.S. But a new firefighting tool – a converted Boeing 747-400 jet, nicknamed the SuperTanker, which can drop up to 19,000 gallons of water or fire … Powered […]
CBS News World’s largest firefighting aircraft grounded by US gov’tCBS NewsMore than 50 large wildfires are scorching land this morning across the western U.S. But a new firefighting tool is sitting idle in an airport hangar in California because the U.S. Forest Service refuses to let it fly. The converted Boeing 747 jet …Debate over […]
3D firefighting simulator aircraft to be presented at MAKS-2017 airshowTASSMOSCOW, July 17. /TASS/. The Tomsk Region’s government press service has reported the development of a 3D aircraft simulator that will train aerial firefighters. The project will be displayed at the MAKS-2017 International Aerospace Show scheduled to … Powered by WPeMatico
Grand Junction Daily Sentinel Where firefighting ideas take flightGrand Junction Daily SentinelMelissa Lineberger talks about the maneuverability and other assets of the single engine air tanker on the tarmac behind her. Lineberger is the director of the Colorado Center of Excellence for Advanced Technology Aerial Firefighting at the Garfield …and more » Powered by WPeMatico