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September 3, 2013

Little data on effectiveness of fire aircraft

  • A recent GAO report looks at the challenges in modernizing the aging fleet of air tankers used to fight wildfires.
    • By MEAD GRUVER
    Associated Press

    CHEYENNE, Wyo. — Studies done over the past two decades have yet to provide data on the effectiveness of various private aircraft contracted by the U.S. Forest Service and U.S. Department of the Interior to fight wildfires in the U.S., a new federal report shows.

    The report by the U.S. Government Accountability Office also outlined ongoing challenges to modernizing the nation's aging and dwindling fleet of large air tankers and said the Forest Service sometimes falls short in collaborating with other agencies and private companies on aerial firefighting strategy.


     
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