WILDFIRE NEWS OF THE DAY - 051815

United States

(1) Wildfire NOTD subscriber Tom Eversole, Executive Director of the American Helicopter Services and Aerial Firefighting Association, issued a press release in which Wildfire NOTD subscriber Dan Snyder, COO at Neptune Aviation, discussed the deployment of one of their BAe-146 air-tankers to fight a wildfire in Missouri
Modern Air Tanker Deployed To An Eastern US Wild Fire For First Time

(2) The military has combined thermal imaging with night vision in a single display, something which could allow aerial firefighters to see fires through smoke like in the Firebombers Incorporated novels
New Headset to Merge Night Vision, Thermal Imaging

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