Operations will cover the entire Province of Manitoba (649,950km2) and will help to protect communities in a population of 1.3 million people.
Mike Whalley, the President of Babcock Canada, commented: “Babcock has over 30 years of fixed and rotary wing aerial firefighting experience throughout Europe. In 2017, our aircraft and crews carried out over 5,500 firefighting missions, dropped 174m litres of water and logged over 20,000 hours in support of wildfire suppression. We deliver a fully integrated and professional aerial firefighting management service, underpinned by technology investments and mission specialist pilot training. We are delighted and honoured that the Government of Manitoba has entrusted us with this critical service and we look forward to serving the Province and protecting the natural resources and communities of Manitoba.”
Read the Manitoba government’s official announcement
For more information, please contact:
Jake Jacobson, Vice President, Babcock Canada
[email protected], (613) 294-8758
OR
Nicholas Avellaneda, Manager, Marketing & External Communications
[email protected], (613) 295-3120
About Babcock
With a corporate focus on critical missions and operations, complex asset management, technology integration, and specialist training, our 35,000-strong organization helps customers around the world to improve the capability, reliability and availability of their most critical assets within the key market sectors of Marine, Land, Aviation, and Nuclear.
Operating in Canada since 2008, we network committed experts with purpose-built Canadian teams to design, build, manage, operate and maintain assets vital to the delivery of critical public services. Our 400 personnel work across Canada: in Halifax, Ottawa, Winnipeg and Victoria. We are developing effective Canadian solutions to address Canadian challenges with trusted expertise born of global experience.
About Air Spray
Based in Alberta, Canada and California, USA, Air Spray owns and operates a fleet of over 40 Airtankers and lead planes, including Single Engine Airtankers, Amphibious Scoopers and Heavy Airtankers. Air Spray also carries out Airtanker conversions, retardant tank design and manufacture and develops flight simulators for Airtanker fire mission training.
Operating since 1954, Air Spray is one of the world’s oldest and most experienced aerial firefighting companies. Air Spray’s many years of experience working in extreme fire conditions in Canada, the United States and Europe is the key to our ability to provide exceptional aircraft, outstanding service and at all times, safety in all that we do.
