One of the aviation contractors with contracts with the U.S. Forest Fire Service is Coulson Aviation, a division of Coulson Group. Not only does Coulson have a ten year contract with the U.S. Forest Fire Service signed in 2023, but Coulson also has a contract to supply year-round helitankers and helicopters to the Southern California Counties of Los Angeles, Orange and Ventura through 2024 with an option for 2025. As I am sure that many of you who are regular readers and follow aerial wildland firefighting through other sources know, Coulson is also active outside the United States and Canada in Australia and South America. Information on Coulson's fleet may be found here. Coulson has a good presence on social media, both the X platform (formerly known as Twitter) and Facebook. At the time I write this the X platform requires an account while Coulson's Facebook page does not.
In addition to embedding posts from Coulson's account on the X platform (formerly Twitter), I am including direct links to Coulson's press releases to provide you with direct access to these news releases without having to use the links, one is a shortened URL, in the post to the X platform.
In July 2024, Coulson entered into a ten-year contract with New South Wales in Australia including a Boeing 737 Fireliner, a Chinook helitanker, six helicopters and two Cessna Citations. Coulson's news media release on this contract may be found here. Aerial Fire has good coverage of aerial firefighting operations, you may want to read their article on Coulson's contract with New South Wales.
Press Release: Coulson Aviation secures a 10-year contract with Australia’s @NSWRFS to manage, operate, and maintain the fleet, supporting a robust response to the fire seasons. Read the full release online: https://t.co/QxGiYgEDLg pic.twitter.com/GKheeVByD4
— Coulson Aviation (@CoulsonAviation) July 15, 2024
In November 2023 Coulson signed a three-year contract with Chili in South America for a C-130H Hercules large airtanker and a Citation 550 air attack plane. On November 24, 2024, this contract to include a Boeing 737 Fireliner. You may read Coulson's press release on this 2024 contract extension with Chili here. Aerial Fire has also written about this contract, go here to read their article.
Press Release: Coulson Aviation extends aerial firefighting support to South America with a new contract in Chile for the Boeing 737 FireLiner™. Read the full release online: https://t.co/6WjI4QZ9vG pic.twitter.com/r8RnWYOsQm
— Coulson Aviation (@CoulsonAviation) November 25, 2024
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