The National Interagency Fire Center’s (NIFC) 2021 wildfire outlook predicts above normal fire potential for many regions in the US, in particular the West which is in the midst of the region’s most expansive and intense drought of the century, according to the US Drought Monitor. To learn more about the custom technology onboard Dauntless Fire Bosses, tune in to the upcoming AirMed&Rescue roundtable, “ New Technology and Aircraft Adaptations in Aerial Firefighting.” The session will take place on Tuesday, Jand feature leaders from Dauntless Air, Erickson and Intterra. Loads of water carried by Dauntless Fire Bosses can be enhanced using an in-flight gel mixing system, which helps to improve the water’s fire-suppressive characteristics. Fire Bosses can scoop up to 800 gallons in approximately 20 seconds. In Rapid Initial Attack, these pre-positioned aircraft can arrive on the scene within an hour of dispatch and bombard a fire with water by traveling back and forth between it and a nearby water source. “We are responding to this increasing demand by expanding our Fire Boss fleet to give fire agencies more access to critical water-scooping aircraft that can work alongside helicopters in the fight against wildfires.”Ĭentral to the Rapid Initial Attack model are amphibious resources-Fire Bosses and firefighting helicopters-that can work in close, coordinated fashion with ground resources, operate out of large or small air bases and scoop water directly from natural sources nearby a fire.

“A growing number of fire agencies are turning to Fire Boss-driven Rapid Initial Attack to contain wildfires faster and avoid the devastation, fossil fuel emissions, health impacts and costs associated with large, complex fires,” said Brett L’Esperance, CEO, Dauntless Air. In pursuit of its mission to protect people, land and property from the devastation of wildfires, Dauntless will put its fleet to work on exclusive use and call-when-needed contracts with the Bureau of Land Management (which shares resources with the US Forest Service), Bureau of Indian Affairs and state fire agencies in Minnesota, Idaho, Washington, Alaska, Colorado and Oregon. APPLETON, Minn.-( BUSINESS WIRE)-As the 2021 wildfire season gets underway, aerial firefighting leader Dauntless Air today announced that it has added two new Fire Bosses to the nation’s largest and most technologically advanced Fire Boss fleet.

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