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Fforesterab replied to the thread 2026 Wildfire Season.If you have a large scale crown fire it's really tough to understand how much energy is being released. Let alone heat and other...
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Fforesterab replied to the thread 2026 Wildfire Season.Coulson I should note has very limited control on their products. To their credit they have patented a version of the USAF MAFF's for...
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Fforesterab replied to the thread 2026 Wildfire Season.Cost recovery is mostly done via CIFFC and pre-signed contracts. As I understand it each province or international agency will "price"...
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FIf I recall the Ontario MNR policy, they will 'monitor' only any fire north of 51* unless a community is threatened. There is virtually...
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Fforesterab replied to the thread 2026 Wildfire Season.If you look at the purple - out of control/monitored fires - it also highlights how many fires are in areas where there are little to no...
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Fforesterab replied to the thread 2026 Wildfire Season.That's not bad for the amount of lightning we've had here in Alberta. Assuming the same frontal passages came through. It's when...
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Fforesterab replied to the thread 2026 Wildfire Season.Might like this one too... https://ciffc.net/ Still need to the other sites to see more specifics for each area
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Fforesterab replied to the thread 2026 Wildfire Season.Wonder if that's one of Coulson's C-130's. They have a couple of L100? (civilian model) converted and at least one C-130Q conversion...
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Fforesterab replied to the thread 2026 Wildfire Season.It was common but there were a number of issues: 1) age of airframes being transferred and corresponding increased maintaince costs. 2)...
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Fforesterab replied to the thread 2026 Wildfire Season.Unfortunately you're then looking at what types of terrain the alternative jurisdictions have. Australia likes their SEAT's (802's) or...
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Fforesterab replied to the thread 2026 Wildfire Season.It also depends on the airframes... Large fixed wing units like the L-188 are excellent especially in mountains where they're able to...
