27-Sep-22 - GPMS, Flightcell, and Blue Sky Network partner to meet U.S. Forest Service firefighting Multiple Award Task Order Contract (MATOC) #firefighting
16-May-22 - Montana Highway Patrol trooper receives national honors for life-saving helicopter rescue. On June 15, 2021 a Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation (DNRC) UH-1H Huey helicopter crashed near the Deep Creek Canyon Fire #Montana
19-Apr-21 - Precision Helicopters at McMinnville Oregon signed agreement with Coldstream to provide AS332 Super Puma helitanker helicopters to California CAL FIRE and US Forest Service firefighters #firefighting
30-Mar-21 - US Forest Service contracted Erickson for the incoming wildfires season. Two S-64F to be based in Fresno and Kitchen Creek, CA. And a Bell 214ST ( First contract for the type ) at Lucky Peak, ID #firefighting
25-Nov-20 - US Forest Service awarded $4.9M contract to design and construct a new helicopter base on the Payson Ranger District in Arizona next to Gila County’s maintenance yard near Star Valley. Will be ready for the 2022 fire season #firefighting
22-Oct-20 - Paraclete Aviation Life Support get certifications for the Aegis and Aspida helicopter helmets as set forth by the U.S. Forest Services (USFS) civilian helmet aviation standard
20-May-20 - ROTAK from Alaska awarded 4-year contract by the United States Forest Service (USFS) to provide two K-MAX air crane helicopters for wildfire suppression #wildfires
25-Sep-19 - US Dept of Agriculture’ Forest Service resumed its External Load Attach Mechanism (ELAM) program allowing Canadian DART Aerospace sell the rappel hardpoints for Bell Hueys 205/210/212/214/412 firefighting operators #firefighting
16-Nov-18 - Twenty-two helicopters working on the Woolsey Fire in Southern California, and another 21 crews fighting the Camp Fire in Northern California #WoolseyFire
07-Jun-16 - Columbia Helicopters successfully deployed for the first time a CH-47D Chinook to a wildland fire from a US Forest Service (USFS) tanker base in Ely, Minnesota
22-Apr-16 - Columbia Helicopters has five aircraft under contract with the U.S. Forest Service this season for firefighting and is introducing the (former US Army) CH-47D Chinook tanked Helicopters
05-Aug-15 - California-based Coastal Helicopters took delivery of their new H125 / AS350B3e to be used in exclusive contract with the U.S. Forestry Service
10-Jun-15 - VIH Aerospace (VIHA), Canadian provider of helicopter maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) services, announces the delivery of an upgraded Airbus Helicopters AS350 to American-based Helimax Aviation