The Modular Airborne FireFighting System (MAFFS) is a self-contained unit used for aerial firefighting that can be loaded onto both military cargo transport...
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forest fire.[citation needed] Glossary of wildfire terms Smokejumper Wildfire suppression Modular Airborne FireFighting System Aerial firefighting and forestry...
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Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (Japan) Modular Airborne FireFighting System wildland firefighting system installable on large aircraft Mozilla Archive...
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a fire retardant Flame retardant List of fire-retardant materials Modular Airborne FireFighting System Phos-Chek, a foam or gel commercial fire retardant...
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India to seek asylum. The Modular Airborne FireFighting System (MAFFS) is a self-contained unit used for aerial firefighting that can be loaded onto a...
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the Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System (MAFFS) units supplied by the US Forest Service and mounted in four C-130s, the wing's aerial firefighting crews...
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Hazmat suit (section GOST System)
(such as a firefighting rescue in a building). However, OSHA/EPA protective level A suits/ensembles are not typically used in firefighting rescue, especially...
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highly mobile direct fire system. The primary mission of the Armored Gun System will be to provide direct fire support for airborne and light infantry forces...
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BMD-4 (category Airborne fighting vehicles)
romanized: Boyevaya Mashina Desanta-4, lit. 'Combat Vehicle of the Airborne-4') is an amphibious infantry fighting vehicle (IFV) originating from post-Cold War Russia...
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Lockheed C-130 Hercules (section Aerial firefighting)
Reserve reports. In the early 1970s, Congress authorized the Modular Airborne Firefighting System (MAFFS), a joint operation between the U.S. Forest Service...
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A fire station (also called a fire house, fire hall, firemen's hall, or engine house) is a structure or other area for storing firefighting apparatuses...
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Directorate for Civil Protection and Firefighting follow a rank system modeled more on the National Guard and the French Paris Fire Brigade. However, officer ranks...
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airlift. The squadron also has the specialized mission of Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System (MAFFS). The squadron was activated in June 1942 as the...
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and airdrop. The wing also has the specialized mission of Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System, as well as an aeromedical evacuation mission, which was...
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Phos-Chek (category Aerial firefighting)
crews and aerial firefighting units, either fixed-wing or rotary-wing aircraft. As of 2022, Phos-Chek LC-95A is the most used fire retardant in the world...
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fire fighting efforts. Record setting heat in the region and a red flag warning from the National Weather Service set the stage for a dangerous fire situation...
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September 2016 saw the end of its aerial firefighting mission using MAFFS (Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System) when it was transferred to the 152nd Airlift...
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Designation System (JETDS), the "AN/APG-68" designation represents the 68th design of an Army-Navy airborne electronic device for radar fire-control equipment...
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aerial fire fighting. Two Wyoming C-130s were equipped with Modular Airborne FireFighting System (MAFFS) and began water/fire retardant bombing of fires throughout...
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equipment known as Modular Airborne Firefighting System (MAFFS) was trialled bombing bushfires with a slurry of an Australian made chemical fire retardant (Amgard-A11)...
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aerial fire fighting. Two Wyoming C-130s were equipped with Modular Airborne FireFighting System (MAFFS) and began water/fire retardant bombing of fires throughout...
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the four people who died in the Modular Airborne Firefighting System (MAFFS) C-130 air tanker crash in White Draw Fire in 2012. The memorial site is located...
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airlift, airdrop and aerial firefighting missions utilizing the Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System (MAFFS). The Fighting 'Roos were last active from...
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CAMM (missile family) (redirect from Common anti-aircraft modular missile)
The CAMM (Common Anti-Air Modular Missile) is a family of surface-to-air missiles developed by MBDA UK for the United Kingdom. CAMM is derived from, and...
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forest fire and wildfire suppression missions using specially equipped C-130 Hercules aircraft using the palletized Modular Airborne FireFighting System (MAFFS)...
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2002 United States airtanker crashes (category Aerial firefighting)
firefighting strategies to rely more on heavy helicopters, light tankers and military C-130s equipped with the Modular Airborne FireFighting System....
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Aero Union (category Firefighting equipment)
the company's last projects was an improved version of the Modular Airborne FireFighting System under contract to the USFS. Originally designed for C-130J...
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"Toronto Fire services earns accredited agency status from SFAI again". Firefighting in Canada. 29 February 2024. Hoey, Iain (5 March 2024). "Toronto Fire SErvices...
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Air National Guard C-130 aircraft that was tasked as a Modular Airborne FireFighting System crashed, killing four military personnel and injuring two. On...
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expanded by the addition of the Modular Airborne FireFighting System (MAFFS) capability added to the C-130s for aerial firefighting. Other awards won were the...
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