The Canadian government recently announced that it will lease a fleet of 10 firefighting aircraft and other support assets to be deployed for the 2026 wildfire season. The plan will see these 10 ...

ROME—More aircraft are urgently needed in Europe for aerial firefighting after wildfires caused more devastation in 2025 than in any previous year. According to a report by European emergency services ...

The Michigan Department of Natural Resources has leased two specialized firefighting aircraft to address an elevated wildfire risk caused by debris from the March 2025 ice storm. The Fire Boss planes, ...

The three Turbo Commander 690 aircraft are known as bird dogs and are used to guide tankers and direct other air traffic over and near a wildfire.

Recently, as hundreds of fires burned across Northern Ontario and smoke pushed Toronto’s air quality to among the worst on the planet, Canada’s minister of emergency management defended Ottawa’s ...

Europe’s largest aerial emergency services firm Avincis is warning Europe is not ready for longer and more extreme wildfire seasons, with the company’s chief executive telling Reuters that its ...