AERIAL FIREFIGHTING SERIES

AERIAL FIREFIGHTING SERIES

From the additional weight taken on when scooping water to the lack of visibility due to smoke at the fire site, our firefighting pilots are highly trained, highly skilled and highly experienced in all the unpredictable circumstances that can arise in an aerial firefighting operation. All Day - ABOUT THE AFF SERIES Since 2008 Tangent Link has brought to the world’s attention the extreme challenges faced by aerial firefighting pilots and crews in the fight against wildland fires. Aircraft are particularly valuable for fires in difficult terrain or fast.

In a recent mission, one of our firefighting aircraft flew from the water source to the fire and back again over 100 times, stopping to refuel 4 times, with the overall operation lasting 8 hours.įighting fires from the air is an extremely complex and dangerous operation which is why Babcock’s aviation expertise and focus on safety is so important to our customers. airstrips across the state to offer aerial firefighting support to ground crews. Over the course of an aerial firefighting mission, we can drop thousands of litres of water and do hundreds of round trips. We are world leaders in aerial firefighting innovation, providing meticulously serviced aircraft in order to safely and efficiently attack fires 24/7. Often this will be a large lake or body of sea that is close enough to the fire location to keep the fetch and carry times to a minimum. Modern airplane-shaped UAV could fly for mostly 20 hours fully automated with a minimum of fuel cosumption and without the risks of live for crews. Since 2008 Tangent Link has brought to the worlds attention the extreme challenges faced by aerial firefighting pilots and crews in. Mostly this operations are only possibile in daylight. Using cameras and monitoring equipment attached to our aircraft, we can take real-time images and infrared maps of the active perimeter, giving the team on the ground a bird’s eye view of the situation to inform their extinguishing strategy.Īs soon as our assistance is required in fighting a fire, we need to travel to a water source so that our pilots can start their water drops. Recognission and surveillance in fire endangered zones is today mainly done on the ground or by using small manned aircrafts.

Our modifications and upgrades provide the firefighting aircraft with the capability to monitor fire behaviour and its evolution, relaying this information back to the strategic coordination team on the ground. Delivering complex aerial firefighting missions across Spain and the Iberian peninsulaīabcock’s role in firefighting missions is twofold: relay real-time tactical information back to the Advanced Command Post and douse the flames with retardant from the air.

Aerial firefighting