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Airport firefighters have advanced training in the application of firefighting foams, dry chemical and clean agents used to extinguish burning aviation fuel in and around an aircraft in order to maintain a path for evacuating passengers to exit the fire hazard area. Further, should fire either be encountered in the cabin or extend there from an ...
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Additionally, the PFD provides aircraft rescue and firefighting for the Prescott Municipal Airport. [3] Founded in 1885, it is the oldest fire department in the state of Arizona. [1] With a coverage area of 41.5 square miles (107 km 2) and serving a population of 39,843, the PFD consists of 92 career personnel, split among five fire stations. [1]
The heliport is a private-use military facility operated by the Arizona Army National Guard. Pinal Airpark's primary function is to serve as a boneyard for civilian commercial aircraft, where the area's dry desert climate mitigates corrosion of the aircraft. It is the largest commercial aircraft storage and heavy maintenance facility in the ...
A MAFFS II-equipped C-130 Hercules from the 302nd Airlift Wing drops water over the Hayman Fire burn scar during training in May 2021.. The Modular Airborne FireFighting System (MAFFS) is a self-contained unit used for aerial firefighting that can be loaded onto both military cargo transport Lockheed C-130 Hercules and Embraer C-390 Millennium, which then allows the aircraft to be used as an ...
For the 12-month period ending January 1, 2016, the airport had 28,478 aircraft operations, an average of 120 per day: 91% general aviation, 4% scheduled commercial, 4% air taxi, and <1% military. At that time there were 56 aircraft based at this airport: 43 single-engine, 10 multi-engine, 2 glider, and 1 helicopter. [6]
A wide variety of helicopters and fixed-wing aircraft are used for aerial firefighting. In 2003, it was reported that "The U.S. Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management own, lease, or contract for nearly 1,000 aircraft each fire season, with annual expenditures in excess of US$250 million in recent years".
CAL FIRE aviation fleet [2] Aircraft In service Orders Role Gallons (Liters) Carried Notes Beechcraft King Air 200: 3 — Tactical — Training aircraft Bell UH-1H: 12 — Helicopter 360 (1,400) Reserve fleet Grumman S-2T: 23 — Tanker 1,200 (4,500) Lockheed C-130H: 1 6 Tanker 4,000 (15,000) Orders are aircraft to be transferred from US Coast ...