United Nations - International Strategy for Disaster Response (UNISDR)
UNISDR is the main link between the GFMC - Global Fire Monitoring Centre and the UN system.
International Association of Wildland Fire (IAWF)
The International Association of Wildland Fire (IAWF) is a non-profit, professional association representing members of the global wildland fire community. The purpose of the association is to facilitate communication and provide leadership for the wildland fire community.
Global Fire Monitoring Centre - GFMC
GFMC is member of the UN-ISDR Inter-Agency Task Force for Disaster Reduction and Coordinator of the UN-ISDR Wildland Fire. Advisory Group and the Global Wildland Fire Network.
The GFMC provides a global portal for wildland fire documentation, information and monitoring and is publicly accessible through the Internet. The regularly updated national to global wildland fire products of the GFMC are generated by a worldwide network of cooperating institutions.
The Global Fire Monitoring Center (GFMC) was established in 1998 at the Fire Ecology and Biomass Burning Research Group.
Bombardier Aerospace Amphibious Aircraft, headquartered in Montréal, Canada, is responsible for sales and after-sales support of the Bombardier 415 amphibious multi-role aircraft. It also provides continued Customer Support services for the world-wide fleet of CL-215 and CL-215T firefighting amphibians. Their customers can be found in nine countries on four continents.
Bombardier Aerospace Amphibious Aircraft is also involved in forest protection and promotes the services of its Integrated Fire Management System, a network of forest protection and fire management professionals who are available for consultation along with associated information management systems.
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SCORPION INTERNATIONAL SERVICES S.A.has provided fire-fighting services to the Hellenic Republic and to the Democracy of Cyprus since 1999. The company fleet has flown more than 12,000 accident free flight hours, dumped more than 250 million liters of water, and transferred fire-fighting trucks and firemen to remote areas safely and effectively without any accident or incident.
The company acting as prime contractor cooperates closely with reliable Air-Operators and with the Ministry of Emergency Situations (EMERCOM) of Russia promoting their service worldwide. In order to carry out aerial fire-fighting operations, SCORPION has so far employed the following aircrafts:
BERIEV BE-200 multipurpose amphibious aircraft, the latest achievement of Russian technology, with up to 12 tons of water (filled in just 12 seconds and able to carry on top 1.2 tons retardant fluid) ILYUSHIN IL-76 TD the largest “strategic” bomber fire-fighting airplane in the world, able to dump 44000 lts of water
MIL MI-26 the giant helicopter with the world's greatest lifting capacity (20 tonnes internal / external load) or 15000 lt dumping water capacity
MIL MI-8 MTV the world famous all-weather helicopter of the MIL family, able to dump 4000 lts of water
KAMOV Ka-32 the powerful all-weather helicopter, able to dump 4000-5000 lts of water
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Polskie Zaklady Lotnicze (Polish Aviation Factory) is currently the largest aircraft manufacturer in Poland. They developed the M18B Dromader fire-fighting, single-engine, low-wing, all-metal monoplane which features a tricycle fixed-type main gear with a tail wheel, and hopper located forward of cockpit. The airplane is designed for operation from unpaved airstrips of => 3.5 kG/cm2 ground capacity. A single pilot crew, with provision for transportation of one person of the ground maintenance personnel.
740 units of M18 DROMADER airplane made as of today and sold to 24 countries of the world. Over 200 M18's flying in the USA.
On 16th March, 2007 United Technologies Holdings S.A. (UTH), a United Technologies Corporation (UTC) company, bought 100% of the shares in Polskie Zaklady Lotnicze PZL Mielec Sp. z o.o.
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ShinMaywa is a prime manufacturer of amphibious aircraft capable of taking off and landing on the open sea. Their US-1A and US-2 STOL Firefighting and Search and Rescue Amphibians are currently being used by the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force. Shinmaywa also produce helicopter firefighting systems for attacking fires in high-rise buildings.
Crisis Response Journal collates and analyses vital information gathered by acknowledged experts from disasters worldwide, and disseminates the lessons learned to practitioners in the international field of emergency response.
