Fire Fighting
East West Helicopters has been fighting fires with the Bell 214b in Canada and the US for the past decade. Our pilots have over 15,000 flying hours, of which most is long‐line–related. This experience gives our flight crew the precision on the fire that Fire Command is looking for.
Our helicopter, the Bell 214b, was specifically designed to operate in hot temperatures and at high elevations, making it the perfect firefighting machine for our Canadian summers.
East West uses a Torrentula Bambi bucket with a Sacksafoam injection system. This bucket allows our pilots to make multitude drops and control dumping flow to make the most out of every delivery to the fire.
East West always arrives with a spare Bambi bucket plus a fully self‐contained service trailer with a full complement of spare parts. This keeps maintenance on site and reduces any helicopter down time.
Value Added
East West Helicopters believes "the closer you move the fuel to the fire, the more water you will get on the fire".
With this in mind East West can supply a fuel bowser that is transportable by the helicopter.
This allows for a quick response to a fire, and up to four hours of flying on site before needing to find a fuel tanker.
With the amount of water a Bell 214B can move, we believe this can make a major impact on a small new fire.
