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WFSA

Wildland Fire Safety

Finding, fighting, tracking and studying fires:
Aviators provide invaluable support

The USDA Forest Service uses aircraft for a wide variety of missions, including operational personnel transport, research, forest rehabilitation, law enforcement support, aerial photography, infrared detection, and fire prevention and suppression. The Forest Service owns and operates 44 aircraft and contracts over 800 aircraft annually ranging from both fixed wing and helicopter.

The primary mission of the Forest Service Aviation is to support the ground firefighter through a variety of means including safe delivery of smokejumpers, rappellers, air attack, firefighter and cargo transport, surveillance, aerial reconnaissance and fire intelligence gathering, and aerial delivery of fire retardant and water.

• Automated Flight Following
• Aviation Jobs
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  (Aircraft, Pilots)
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• Aviation Staff & Office Directory
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• Blue Ribbon Panel on Aerial Firefighting
• Fire Traffic Area (FTA)
• Fixed-Wing Aircraft
  • Aerial Resource Information (Large Airtanker)
• Forest Health Protection Aviation Program
• Helicopters
• Manuals, Guides, & Handbooks

  
  Temporary Flight Restrictions (TFRs)