Random Ramblings: Aerial Wildland Firefighting

I have blogged about aerial wildland firefighting since 2009. I am not a firefighter and am not a pilot, just an interested bystander who wants to learn more and share what I learn here. Join me here as I blog on the aircraft and the pilots who fight wildland fires from the air in support of crews on the ground. I also blog on concerns affecting fire crews on the ground as well as other aviation and meteorology issues. Learn what it takes to do jobs that are staffed by the best of the best.

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IMETs deployed to Australia

2018 wildfire season: Tatanka Hotshots crew video

Seasons Greetings 2019: The Shepard

Reflections on CAL FIRE's S2-T tanker (part 2)

2019 crew videos: Entiat Hotshots

Air tankers circa 2010

Reflections on CAL FIRE's S2-T tanker (part 1)

Reflections on the Huey Helicopter for wildland firefighting

Reflections on the A-26 service as an airtanker in Canada

Reflections on Aero Union's P-3 Orion Air Tanker

Reflections on the CH-47 Chinook Helicopter

Reflections on the Erickson Air Crane

2019 wildfire season crew videos: Mill Creek Hotshots

Thanksgiving: remember first responders

wildfire history: 1980 Panorama Fire San Bernardino CA

Camp Fire: State of CA announces completion of structural debris removal

2019 wildfire season: NJFFS crews deployed to VA (November 21st)

2019 wildfire season: New Jersey Forest Fire Service crews deployed to Virginia

The Lives We Lost: Camp Fire, Paradise CA, one year later

Australia 2019-20 bushfire season: November 12th