Equipped with the MAFFS II system, Leonardo’s C-27J Spartan NG emerges as a versatile multi-mission platform which can deliver precision water/fire retardant drops while complementing the ...

Sound up! Here's what it's like to be in the cockpit of a California National Guard MAFFS C-130J over the Hughes Fire. You can see the pilot constantly adjusting the yoke as automated "altitude" ...

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The proposal stemmed from a court ruling requiring the Forest Service to get permission from EPA to drop fire suppressants around waterways.

“For example, toxic flame retardants migrate out of plastics into the air and drop into house dust, which we inadvertently breathe and ingest. When those flame-retarded plastics are recycled years ...

while also impacting its water and retardant drop accuracy, a member of the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection told reporters Monday. "So, each aircraft will have that ...

Large tankers have a small lead plane that guides them to the area to drop retardant.. Helicopters have a flight ceiling of 500 feet above the fire. They can fly lower than 50 feet to make a drop.

Sold by fire protection equipment supplier Perimeter ... shine and the darkness” to know where to make the next drop. The vivid retardant, however? “So much easier to spot.” ...

Sold by fire protection equipment supplier Perimeter ... shine and the darkness” to know where to make the next drop. The vivid retardant, however? “So much easier to spot.” ...