"More Adapted to the Needs": Against the Fires, an Aging Air Fleet that Is Slow to Be Renewed

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The ageing of the French air fleet dedicated to fighting fires worries firefighters and parliamentarians, while global warming intensifies forest fires

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These are two state-of-the-art aircraft designed to extinguish forest fires, transport humanitarian aid, conduct aeromedical evacuations and advance search and rescue operations throughout the national territory. “With the Firehawks, Colombia will have the world’s most powerful and certified aerial tool to combat forest fires. We are taking a momentous step [...] The entrance Two Firehawk helicopters will support risk management efforts in Colom…

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During the fire in the vicinity of Narbonne, four Canadairs were mobilized only on Monday, when the fire that will eventually have travelled 2,100 hectares, found journalists of the AFP. According to Colonel Christophe Magny, commander of the SDIS de l'Aude, their absence the following days.

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Regularly immobilized aging aircraft for maintenance and new late orders: while forest fires are increasing in intensity with climate change, the French air fleet of firefighting is slow to renew, emphasises...