Forest Service Aviation Program Overview• Last (5th) Year of commercial

Airtanker Contract in 2012• EIS study and use of fire

chemicals – guidance in place • AFUE – Study to determine

how effective we are at dispensing on fires; water, gel, retardant

• Larger AT strategy sent to OMB -> Congress

• GAO Audit in progress (2013) on aviation resources

• Evaluation of small numbers of Waterscoopers ongoing

• Two airtanker accidents: • T-11 and MAFFS 7

Aerial Supervision ATGS, HLCO, LP, ASM• 2000 Agency Letter directing ASM and again in 2002• Unfunded, Not well Defined, Different Approaches• Fewer LP Pilot Positions (declining)• High number of near miss incidents on fires in 2011• Over 50% of ATGSs are ADs – militia more difficult

General Decline in LP Pilots

Airtankers• Legacy Contract

8 in 2013 (Type 2)• Next Gen Contract

7 in 2013 (Type 1)• Cooperator Aircraft

2-4 Convair 580s• CIFFC/NIFC Agreement

• MAFFS - 8 Systems

(Type 1 “BOA”)

A ppr oved Bases for MA FFS Oper ations

26 J ul y 20 12 R =R el oad, H=B ed D o w n, F=F ul l

Pr imar y Bed Down Bases in Bol d

**C a l F ir e/D oD B ase (o r der M ass F l o w M et er )

A BQ A l buquer que, NM R /H/F

B A M B at t l e M o unt a in, N V R

B IL B il l ings, M T R

BOI Boise, ID R /H/F

C D C C edar C it y, U T R

C IC C hic o , C A ** R

D R O D ur ango , C O R

F A T F r esno , C A R

G J T G r and J unc t io n, C O R

HIF Hil l A FB, UT R /H/F

H L N H el ena , M T R

B J C J eff c o (R o c ky M t ,), C O R

LMT Kl amath Fal l s, OR R /H/F

W J F L anc ast er , C A R

MW H Moses Lake, W A R /H/F

P IH P o c a t el l o , ID R

P R B P aso R obl es, C A ** R

IW A Phoenix-Mesa Gateway, A Z R /H/F

P R C P r esc o t t , A Z R

P U B P uebl o , C O R

R A P R apid C it y, SD R

R O W R osw el l , N M R

R T S R eno S t ead R

SBD San Ber nar dino, C A R /H/F

SM X Sant a M ar ia , C A R

T W F T w in Fa l l s, ID R

A ctivation Sites (no existing pit capabil ity)

A U S A ust in-B er gst r o m, T X ** F

C P R C asper , W Y H /F

C OS Peter son A FB, C O ** H/F

C Y S C heyenne A NGS, W Y ** H/F

D L F L aughl in A FB , T X ** F

D Y S D yess A F B , T X ** F

GY H D ona l dson C ent er , SC ** F

MC C McC l el l an, C A ** H/F

NTD C hannel Isl ands A NGS, C A ** H/F

Sur veyed and A waiting C ommander Review

R D M R edmo nd, O R R

Tanker 2013 Notional Airtanker Schedule of Items

January February March April May June July August September October November December

LEG - 1 2/20 ** ** ** ** ** ** 9/15

LEG - 2 3/5 ** ** ** ** ** 9/30

LEG - 3 3/20 ** ** ** ** ** ** 10/15

LEG - 4 3/30 ** ** ** ** ** ** 10/5

LEG - 5 4/15 ** ** ** ** ** 10/20

LEG - 6 4/25 ** ** ** ** ** 10/30

NEX - 1 *2014 4/25 ** ** ** ** << 10/30

NEX - 2 *2014 5/5 ** ** ** ** << 11/10

LEG - 7 5/10 ** ** ** ** ** 11/15

NEX - 3 *2014 5/20 ** ** ** ** << 11/25

LEG - 8 5/30 ** ** ** ** ** 11/10

NEX - 4 *2014 6/5 ** ** ** ** << 12/10

NEX - 5 *2014 6/10 ** ** ** ** << 12/15

NEX - 6 *2014 6/20 ** ** ** ** << 12/25

NEX - 7 *2014 6/30 ** ** ** ** << 12/30

MAFFS XX XX XX XX XX XX XX

Coop 1 7/1 ** 9/1

Coop 2 7/25 ** 9/10

Coop 3 8/10 9/25

Total Number of A/C per Month

0 1 4 7 11 15 17 18 18 13 8 4

VLAT• VLAT Contract

• Extended

• 8,000 + gallons

• Renewal for 1

+2 option years

• 3 CWN items

• Turnkey Ops

Turnkey Operations Required: Albuquerque, New Mexico ABQBoise, Idaho** BOICasper, Wyoming** CPRColorado Springs, CO COSFort Huachuca, Arizona (Libby AAF) FHUGrand Junction, ColoradoCOSHelena, Montana** HLNHill AFB, Utah** HIFKenai, Alaska ENAKlamath Falls, Oregon (Kingsley Field) LMTMedford, OR MFRPocatello, Idaho PIHPortland, OR PDXRapid City, South Dakota RAPSacramento, California** MCCStockton, California SCKTwin Falls, Idaho TWFVictorville, California VCV** Use of existing large airtanker base may be possible

VLAT to Large AT (P2V) Comparison100 Nautical Mile Dispatch

1 Load from DC-1011,600 Gallons of retardant: $34,8001 hour of flight time (round trip): $7,4451 hour of fuel (dry flight rate): $14,139 2 Hour of daily availability : $11,117

Total : $32,711

Retardant Delivery Costs / Gal = $2.82

4 P2V Loads to Equal 1 DC-10 Load8,320 Gallons of retardant: $24,960Agency pays daily availability up front8 hours of flight time: $46,928

Total: $46,928

Retardant Delivery Costs / Gal = $5.64

VLAT normally responds to one fire

4 P-2Vs can respond to different fires

1 VLAT (DC-10) Drop on Large Fire at CL 4 = 1650 feet

4 Drops from P-2V = 1650 feet3 Drops from MAFFS= 1700 feet

Smokejumper4 Contract - West Yellowstone, NCSB, Grangeville, and Redding * Region 4?

Agency Aircraft – 4 C-23 Sherpa2 DHC-6 Twin Otter1 TDC-3

Helicopters• Large Fire Support award for 2012 (T1) 30 plus 4 added• IA 33 (T2)*• Multiple regional and call-when- needed contracts• Exploring Possibility

of Night Operations

WaterscoopersFS conducted minimal evaluation in 2012 – ongoing for 2013

2 CL-215s by adding 100 days on to end of DOI (OAS) Contract

Currently start in MN, then AK, then to NW or SoCal on evaluation