May 12, 2022 - Coulson Aviation USA is proud to announce the sale of one of its Boeing 737 FIRELINER™ Large Airtankers to the Provincia de Santiago del Estero, Argentina.
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Arguably the best video ever recorded showing the sheer power of Coulson's QRF (Quick Reaction Force) in California. Watch how these Chinooks and their crews completely destroy wildfires. This video records the crew(s) hover-refilling water, flying to various fires, dropping the water, resulting in the total annihilation of multiple fires.
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Coulson Aviation’s intelligence gathering specialist helicopter Sikorsky S76 provides valuable real-time information to enable effective decision making in the toughest of fire situations.
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With contracts for aerial firefighting across the world, the work of the Coulson Aviation team has been featured in the aviation industry and media recently.
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The Coulson Aviation aircraft working in Chile have ended their summer season contracts.
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PRESS RELEASE: January 17, 2022. Port Alberni, B.C., Canada / Coulson Group Announces Sale of Hawaii Mars
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Coulson Aviation is proud to celebrate its contributions to the global aerial fire fight in 2021. Thank you to all our hard working employees and on to 2022!
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Coulson Aviation contracted for the third consecutive year of aerial firefighting with their partners in Chile.
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When the Quick Reaction Force (QRF) joined the Caldor fire in California in August 2021, it had spread rapidly, and was at zero containment. Ground firefighters and existing aerial assets were focused on protecting communities.
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Brian is a Coulson Aviation Lead Pilot on the Sikorsky S-76, as well as an Instrument Flight Rules (IFR) instructor. He’s working in California as part of the Quick Reaction Force (QRF) program run by Coulson in the fire season of 2021.
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Steep terrain and an extremely dark night proved a challenge for ground firefighters and Coulson Aviation’s skilled night mission operators fighting the “Antonio Fire” in the Angeles National Forest.
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The team had to be careful with their drops as the sheer force of the water could loosen large boulders and rocks at higher levels of the canyon – endangering the LA County firefighters working at the bottom.
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“I can’t tell you, as it pertains to our ability to provide life safety services to our citizens in Southern California, just how much this program is going to significantly impact our ability to execute our missions.” - Daryl L. Osby (Los Angeles County Fire Chief)
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We’re proud to announce Coulson Aviation was featured on Bloomberg Businessweek in regards to our ongoing work fighting fires in Southern California.
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For the third fire season in a row, Coulson Aviation has dispatched aerial firefighting teams to California. These specialized teams have been operating on behalf of three separate counties due to the heat waves of 2021.
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