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The Columbia Fire Protection District board voted 3-0 to enter into a cooperative agreement with the Tuolumne County Fire Department during an emotional public meeting Thursday evening in the Bigler ....
features Cal Fire’s New Hawk Cal Fire has begun a long-awaited replacement of its venerable UH-1 Huey aerial firefighting fleet with the new Sikorsky S-70i. By Dan Megna | March 10, 2021 Estimated reading time 15 minutes, 34 seconds. After four decades operating Bell UH-1F Hueys up to 1990, and UH-1H Super Hueys from then to the present day, the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (Cal Fire) has begun a long-anticipated upgrade to its aviation program. After four decades of operating the UH-1 Huey, Cal Fire is replacing theses workhorses with purpose-built Sikorsky S-70i Firehawks. Skip Robinson Photo In 2017, Colorado-based United Rotorcraft was awarded a contract to provide Cal Fire with a dozen specially modified Sikorsky S-70i helicopters, designated by the agency as Cal Fire Hawks, as replacements for the agency’s legacy Super Huey fleet. The initial contract was for a single aircraft, with options for 11 more. ....