VIDEO: Washington state is experiencing an early and aggressive fire season, with more than 2,500 acres burned since late May, according to the Washington Department of Natural Resources. That’s an area larger than the entire city of Deer Park.

While hundreds of firefighters work the ground, a Spokane-based aerial firefighting company is playing a critical role from above — and now teaming up with a local brewery to support the people doing that dangerous work.

Aero-Flite, headquartered at Spokane International Airport, operates a fleet of nearly 20 aircraft that drop water and fire retardant on wildfires across the United States and Canada. When the Upriver fires broke out weeks ago, Aeroflight’s planes were already in the air.

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Whether building a complete WUI package or evaluating existing equipment, here are the fundamental components of a practical wildland water delivery system.

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Building rescue trucks has been a natural expansion for Fouts Fire, which has developed a model for manufacturing fire apparatus that is standardized, scalable, and configurable.

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More apparatus, higher utilization, more varied terrain, and crews who, in many cases, are less mechanically experienced than the people who ran the previous generation of equipment. The pump matters more in that environment than it did when it was a secondary resource sitting in a bay most of the year.

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During new station construction to facility rebuilds, departments are emphasizing quality exhaust removal and air purification systems designed to create safer station environments and support long-term firefighter wellness.

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