:: FIRE

The primary role of Forest Protection Limited’s fire fighting fleet in New Brunswick is to provide quick initial response to wildfires. The aircraft strategy is designed to slow (if not stop) the spread of fire and then contain it so that ground crews can extinguish it.

We also provide air support to ground crews on large “campaign” fires such as shuttling crews and equipment. Our Air Tractor AT-802s can be used to contain spot fires, cool hot spots, and create retardant fire breaks in areas where it may be difficult or unsafe to have people and heavy equipment working.

Our objective is to have aircraft over a fire within 30 minutes after takeoff. During the forest fire season, we split our fire fighting craft into two teams, based at the Miramichi airport(CYCH). Depending on the province-wide fire hazard, aircraft may be moved or “day based” to other areas for quick response.