firebyte@lemmy.world 5 hours ago
We already do. Though the issue now is that northern and southern hemisphere fire seasons are increasingly overlapping, making sharing firefighting aircraft much more difficult.
firebyte@lemmy.world 5 hours ago
We already do. Though the issue now is that northern and southern hemisphere fire seasons are increasingly overlapping, making sharing firefighting aircraft much more difficult.
supersquirrel@lemmy.ca 5 hours ago
I didn’t know that! They should make a diplomatic/political event of solidarity, a great global migration of firefighting aircraft shared by nations all trying to mitigate climate change and preserve human and natural landscapes!!?
Why doesn’t everyone know about this!? The story sells itself.
Baggie@lemmy.zip 4 hours ago
Can’t speak for Canadian news, but Australian news gives it a mention every now and then. It’s been going on for so long it’s kind of old news to most at this point.
Bubbaonthebeach@lemmy.ca 57 minutes ago
I’ve often read about crews coming and going but not equipment like planes. We do hear of power company trucks heading to the US to help out in disasters there.
Aussiemandeus@aussie.zone 1 hour ago
Yes let’s stop climate change by sending planes across the world
firebyte@lemmy.world 5 hours ago
It is in the news, though there’s usually not a huge song-and-dance about it.
Australia has regularly sent large air tankers and firefighters to the U.S. and Canada (though I’m unsure about aircraft into Canada), and most recently firefighting helicopters and firefighters to France.