Colorado firefighting: research and innovation in aerial firefighting equipment
Share Amy Gallagher spoke to a raft of experts involved in aerial firefighting research and active service, finding out more about the latest assets and resources that Colorado is pioneering and using to extinguish fires from the air Legislation proposed by the Governor of Colorado in February 2021 includes a budget for the next fiscal year of US$78 million in wildfire-related expenditures. To help firefighters suppress wildfires, the budget allocated about $24 million toward the purchase of a new Sikorsky S-70 Firehawk helicopter, and an additional $3.8 million to spend on an...
Source: airmedandrescue.com