These photos were taken in the exhibit area of the Aerial Firefighting conference in Sacramento, March 19-20, 2014.
Beriev, the the company that manufactures the Be-200, the amphibious, jet-powered, scooping air tanker, had a flight simulator at their booth.A collapsable device, like an upside-down umbrella, that could be used to insert or extricate firefighters by helicopter.BlazeTamer makes a water enhancement product.
MAFFS, a new company formed to market the Modular Airborne FireFighting System, had a display adjacent to Fire Boss, the manufacturer of a single engine air tanker.Nitrofirex has a design for a fleet of unmanned air tankers.Wayne and Britt Coulson. Their company operates firefighting helicopters and Tanker 131, a C-130Q. And formerly, the Martin Mars.A dinner was held at the California Aerospace Museum, hosted by DynCorp.
Great pictures and great commentary. In my opinion, this was a very productive and informative conference.
These photos could have been taken in 2007 (or earlier!) without much difference between what was available then vs what is available today.