List of firefighting equipment of Turkey

Aerial firefighting

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Total Turkish aerial firefighting fleet consist of 27 aircraft , 101 helicopters and 10 unmanned aerial vehicles which are used by Ministry of Forest and Agriculture , General Directorate of Forest , Turkish Aeronautical Association ,Ministry of National Defence and Ministry of Interior. The list below consist only known aircraft, helicopters and uavs which are mentioned officially to be used by General Directorate of Forest , Ministry of Forest and Agriculture and Turkish Aeronautical Association and its in inventory.[1]

AircraftImageOriginRoleTypeQuantityDetails
Firefighting aircraft
CL-215 Bombardier  CanadaFirefightingAmphibious aircraft8[2][3]Used by Turkish Aeronautical Association.

6 are operational.

Beriev Be-200  RussiaFirefightingAmphibious aircraft3[4]Used by Turkish Aeronautical Association.
M-18 Dromader  PolandFirefightingUtility aircraft11[5]Used by Turkish Aeronautical Association.
Air Tractor AT-802  United StatesFirefightingAmphibious aircraft4[6]Used by General Directorate of Forest.

16 on order.[7]

Beechcraft Super King Air  United StatesReconnaissanceReconnaissance aircraft1[8]350 variant in use. Used by General Directorate of Forest.
Cessna Citation V  United StatesTransport/ReconnaissanceTransport aircraft11[9]Used by General Directorate of Forest.
Firefighting helicopter
Boein Vertol CH-46 Sea Knight  United StatesFirefightingHeavy transport helicopter12[10][11]Used by Turkish Aeronautical Association and General Directorate of Forest.
Kamov Ka-32  RussiaFirefightingMedium transport/utility helicopter3[12]Used by General Directorate of Forest.
Mil Mi-8  RussiaFirefightingMedium transport/utility helicopter14[13][14]Used by Turkish Aeronautical Association.
Sikorsky/TAI T-70  Turkey  United StatesFirefightingMedium transport/utility helicopter2[15]Used by General Directorate of Forest.

Licensed built by TAI. 1 on order.[16]

Eurocopter AS-355 Écureuil 2  FranceFirefightingLight utility helicopter1Used by General Directorate of Forest.[17]
Bell 429 GlobalRanger  United StatesFirefightingMultipurpose utility helicopter5[18]Used by General Directorate of Forest.
Unmanned aerial vehicles
Bayraktar TB2[19]  TurkeyReconnaissance/SurvellianceUAVUnknownUsed by Ministry of Forest and Agriculture.
TAI Aksungur[20]  TurkeyReconnaissance/SurvellianceUAVUnknownUsed by General Directorate of Forest.
Alpin[21]-  TurkeyReconnaissance/SurvellianceRotorcraft/VTOL UAVUnknownUsed by Ministry of Forest and Agriculture.

Future acquisition

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NameOriginRoleTypeQuantityDetails
TAI T925  TurkeyFirefightingUtility helicopter10It was signed contract with TAI for 10 T925 10 ton class utility helicopters which are capable of throwing 4 tons of water for 208 million USD.[22]

References

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  3. ^ "Muğla, Balıkesir, Denizli, Aydın ve Manisa'da orman yangınları: Yangın söndürme uçağı Bafa Gölü'ne sert iniş yaptı". www.ntv.com.tr (in Turkish). Retrieved 2024-06-19.
  4. ^ "Akdeniz ülkelerinin yangın uçaklarında durum ne?". euronews (in Turkish). 2021-07-29. Retrieved 2023-06-22.
  5. ^ "CL-215" (PDF).
  6. ^ "Yangınla Mücadelede Dev Filo". www.ogm.gov.tr (in Turkish). Retrieved 2023-06-22.
  7. ^ "Yangınla Mücadelede Dev Filo". www.ogm.gov.tr (in Turkish). Retrieved 2023-07-25.
  8. ^ Habertürk (2023-03-05). "Orman yangınlarıyla mücadele için yangın söndürme uçakları OGM'ye teslim edildi – Güncel haberler". Habertürk (in Turkish). Retrieved 2023-07-25.
  9. ^ "Orman Yangınlarında Gücümüz Artıyor". www.ogm.gov.tr (in Turkish). Retrieved 2023-09-05.
  10. ^ "Akdeniz ülkelerinin yangın uçaklarında durum ne?". euronews (in Turkish). 2021-07-29. Retrieved 2023-06-22.
  11. ^ "OGM hava filosunu çift rotorlu 'Chinook'la güçlendiriyor". www.aa.com.tr. Retrieved 2023-09-06.
  12. ^ devirsaati (2019-05-15). "Türkiye'nin ilk Türk bayraklı ve Türk tescilli yangınla mücadele helikopterleri göreve hazır | Devir Saati" (in Turkish). Retrieved 2023-06-29.
  13. ^ "Akdeniz ülkelerinin yangın uçaklarında durum ne?". euronews (in Turkish). 2021-07-29. Retrieved 2023-06-22.
  14. ^ "Gece görüşlü helikopter İzmir'de baraja düştü" (in Turkish). 2023-09-17. Retrieved 2023-09-17.
  15. ^ ""Alev kuşları" bu yıl orman yangınlarını söndürmek için 10 bin 683 saat uçuş yaptı". www.aa.com.tr. Retrieved 2023-11-29.
  16. ^ ""Alev kuşları" bu yıl orman yangınlarını söndürmek için 10 bin 683 saat uçuş yaptı". www.aa.com.tr. Retrieved 2023-11-29.
  17. ^ "Duyurular AS-355 Ecureuıl Helikoptere Ait Özel Alet, Gövde ve Motor Yedek Parça Satış İhalesi". www.ogm.gov.tr. Retrieved 2023-09-05.
  18. ^ "Yangınla Mücadelede Hava Gücümüz Artıyor". www.ogm.gov.tr (in Turkish). Retrieved 2023-09-05.
  19. ^ Alemdar, Ahmet (2020-06-18). "Bayraktar TB2 İHA, Tarım ve Orman Bakanlığı envanterine girdi". DefenceTurk (in Turkish). Retrieved 2023-06-22.
  20. ^ Kolukısa, Hasan (2021-07-31). "AKSUNGUR İHA yangınla mücadelede 60 saat havada kaldı". DefenceTurk (in Turkish). Retrieved 2023-06-22.
  21. ^ "İnsansız Helikopter ALPİN, Manavgat yangınıyla mücadele ediyor". SavunmaTR (in Turkish). Retrieved 2023-06-22.
  22. ^ "OGM orman yangınlarıyla mücadelede hava gücüne güç kattı". www.aa.com.tr. Retrieved 2023-09-06.