The Hawaii Mars waterbomber may be up in the air this wildfire season after all.
Speaking on Monday morning, Coulson Group CEO Wayne Coulson said that the company had offered up all of its firefighting apparatus to the B.C. government.
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The Hawaii Mars has not flown in a B.C. firefighting mission since the summer of 2015.
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Coulson remains hopeful that a new government coming into Victoria will change the way that forestry firefighting contracts are done.
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The Hawaii Mars is currently undergoing maintenance and won香蕉视频直播檛 be available until early August.
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