CRITERIA TO ACQUIRE FEPP
The administrative provisions of appropriations acts annually provide for Forest Service acquisition of excess aircraft from military...
Chapter 14 Public Aircraft
VOLUME 3 A. B. A. GENERAL TECHNICAL ADMINISTRATION CHAPTER 14 PUBLIC AIRCRAFT Section 1 General Information on Public Aircraft Operations...
Montana still disappointed that the USFS will not approve their helicopters
Story from FireAviation.com The disagreement between the U.S. Forest Service and the state of Montana over helicopters operated by the...
Montana Pushes To Use State Helicopters To Fight Fires On Federal Land
Story from Montana Public Radio The State of Montana’s fleet of firefighting helicopters remains unable to to fight some fires on federal...
Controversy over Montana DNRC helicopters intensifies
Story from FireAviation.com Representatives from three private helicopter companies in Montana have waded into the controversy about the...
Wildfire helicopter water buckets State, feds close to resolving wildfire helicopter bucket dispute
Story from Missoulian.com Federal and state firefighters appear to have fixed a problem that left some Montana helicopters off the call...
Gazette opinion: USDA must let Montana helicopters fight fires
Story from Billings Gazette The U.S. Forest Service ought to be renamed the U.S. Fire Service. Over the past 20 years, the costs of...
Montana Governor complains that some state helicopters are barred from working on USFS fires
Story from FireAviation.com Montana’s governor on Friday [August 21] called on federal officials to lift what he called nonsensical...
Bullock, Daines ask feds to let DNRC helicopters fight all fires
Story from Bozeman Chronicle While wildfires spew smoke into the air, Gov. Steve Bullock is asking the federal government to get...
Montana helicopters sidelined from fighting federal fires
Associated Press Story HELENA — In a fire season plagued by equipment shortages across the West, five Montana helicopters used for...