fire fighters

In the summertime the forests in Canada and the US are watched constantly by dedicated men and women,

The sight of smoke makes them sound the alert, and the flying firefighters will scramble and

come to the rescue of large stretches of forests and the wildlife that lives in it.

A few years ago Rob Vogelaar went to Canada and took the pictures you find on this page of the planes that these firefighters


C-FQYB/88 L-188A Air Spray, Canada , Cranbrook , BC, July 18th 2000	C-FQYB/88 L-188A Air Spray, Canada , Cranbrook , BC, July 18th 2000	C-FQYB/88 L-188A Air Spray, Canada , Cranbrook , BC, July 18th 2000

Conair Aviation , C-GIBS/51, DC-6A/C, Canada, Abbotsford , BC, July 22nd 2000	, C-GHLY/46, DC-6B, Canada, Abbotsford , BC, July 22nd 2000	3x S-2 Firecat, Conair Aviation, Canada, Cranbrook , BC, July 18th 2000

C-GHDY/73, S-2 Firecat, Conair Aviation, Canada, Cranbrook , BC, July 18th 2000	C-FEFX/75, S-2 Firecat, Conair Aviation, , BC, July 18th 2000	C-FZCS/53,Lockheed L-188AF Electra, Conair, Kamloops BC July 6th 1997

C-FOPY/69, Grumman CS-2F1 Firecat, Conair, Kamloops BC, July 6th 1997	C-FOPY/69, Grumman CS-2F1 Firecat, Conair, Kamloops BC, July 6th 1997	C-GHLY/46, Douglas DC-6B,Conair, Abbotsford BC, July 19th 1997

C-FVFU, Grumman G-21A Goose, Forest Industries Flying Tankers, Sproat Lake BC, July 14th 1997	Forest Industries Flying Tankers, home base Sproat Lake BC , C-FLYK, Martin JRM-3 Mars, "Philippine Mars", July 14th 1997	Forest Industries Flying Tankers, home base Sproat Lake BC , C-FLYL, Martin JRM-3 Mars, "Hawaii Mars", July 14th 1997

Hawkins & Powers Aviation, Inc. has successfully been operating since 1969. They began as pioneers in aerial firefighting techniques and training. Hawkins & Powers Aviation has a nationally renowned historic assembly, containing dozens of the last remaining examples of World War II’s mighty bombers and transport aircraft. These magnificent aircraft are restored in Greybull , Wyoming .

Hawkins & Powers Aviation operates up to eleven 2,000 to 4,000 gallon capacity airtankers simultaneously. The aircraft currently used by Hawkins & Powers Aviation are; Consolidated PB4Y-2 Privateers, Douglas C-118’s, Boeing KC-97’s, Lockheed C-130’s, Fairchild C-119’s, Lockheed P2V’s, PZLM-18 Dromader and a Fairchild F-27. Our 4,000 gallon capacity Boeing KC-97 airtanker is the largest in the

United States

Neptune Aviation Services, at Missoula , Montana is founded in 1993, conducts aerial
fire suppression activities in the Continental United States. They have eight Lockheed P-2V Neptune’s.
The former US Navy Neptune’s are retrofitted for use in the air tanker industry.

Founded in 1969, Conair is BC’s and

Canada

's most important aerial firefighting and Designers Company.

Conair operate and service a fleet of 43 fixed-wing aircraft for fire protection agencies in multiple jurisdictions. Conair is located at the Abbotsford Airport, BC and operates the following aircrafts:

The Company was formed in 1967 to provide aerial tanker and bird dog services to the Alberta Government. The Company now owns and operates 34 aircraft, providing forest fire protection for the Alberta , British Columbia and Yukon Governments.

Air Spray’s Lockheed L-188 Electra Long Liner is presently the fastest initial attack air tanker in service today.

The L-188 Long Liner is equipped with the Air Spray Constant Variable Flow Tank System. The Constant Variable Flow Tank System is an entirely new computerized system which consists of a single 3000

gallon tank, with a

computerized door. The system can string out a "long line" or drop its entire 11.365 liters in under 3 seconds.