the main fleet in MB is 215's, and they are owned by the Province. There are 2? companies that operate 802's in the province - they are Westman Aerial (can't remember the 2nd

Hope that helps..
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At the end of the season they informed us that they were not renewing the contract the following year because water is not effective for fire suppression and they were only going to use long term retardant.
CLguy wrote: Hey STL sounds like there is no shortage of work for you, so fill your boots!! Stay safe!!
The Canadian Interagency Forest Fire Centre (CIFFC) is reporting the following numbers for August 4th:sky's the limit wrote:Holy crap.... busy is right.
I've never heard so many machines on the radio from so many parts of the District as today, I think everything is hired..... Too tired to check numbers, but I heard a rumour of 200 Intermediate helicopters on in BC... I'd tend to believe it after getting back to work.
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Yes CLGuy the world revolves around power and money."we now know that we have been fed a bad bill of goods."
He called me a while back too .. Did he tell you he got married? I darn near dropped the phoneAndy called me a few weeks ago...he is now retired in Florida
And I bet they still get the fires under control and don't run into each other or kill ground crew.
Newfoundland doesn't use bird dogs at all.
Hmm. When I was a kid and played with matches with my buddies. We knew then that if the fire got out of control, we could whip out our "water hoses" and piss on a fire to make it go out if we had to. This burned less shoes from stamping out a fire. (and our mothers asking us why our shoes were melted and blackCat Driver wrote: At the end of the season they informed us that they were not renewing the contract the following year because water is not effective for fire suppression and they were only going to use long term retardant.
Grrrrrr. We're sitting here, bored out of our minds because of cool temps and humidity, with one group on the CIFFC board, knowing that because of the "no piston-engined scoopers in BC" mantra from the BCFS, there's no chance of us going west. Yet, as the above says, there used to be - how did the following 14 years change things?in 1995 we had 5 CL-215's working in Penticton
The taxpayers of B.C. should ask whoever makes these moronic decisions in B.C. Forest Service why a piston engine airplane can not water bomb in B.C.knowing that because of the "no piston-engined scoopers in BC" mantra from the BCFS, there's no chance of us going west.
B.C. Forest service management maybe?Yet, as the above says, there used to be - how did the following 14 years change things.
Aren't the Mars piston, and based in BC?North Shore wrote:Grrrrrr. We're sitting here, bored out of our minds because of cool temps and humidity, with one group on the CIFFC board, knowing that because of the "no piston-engined scoopers in BC" mantra from the BCFS, there's no chance of us going west. Yet, as the above says, there used to be - how did the following 14 years change things?in 1995 we had 5 CL-215's working in Penticton
Exactly.Why no pistons? Because the buereacrats in the government don't sit down and talk with the people who actually do the work.
Saw one in YXJ (Ft. St. John) the other day.....DHC5 wrote: Not sure where the Conair DC-6's are, but last I heard was 1 in YXS and one in Alaska still