Dauntless Air is an aerial firefighting company deeply dedicated to winning the wildfire missions we undertake. Armed with the country’s largest and most advanced Fire Boss fleet, we work in close coordination with wildland firefighters and other aerial forces to help contain fires faster, so they can’t grow into large and costly disasters.
OUR FLEET
The cornerstone of our fleet is the single engine scooper, Air Tractor AT-802F Fire Boss, which adds a new dimension of capability to wildland firefighting operations.
We equip our Fire Bosses with custom-built innovations that make Dauntless Air a more efficient rapid initial attack resource and better ally to the ground crews and fellow aerial forces depending on us.
OUR HISTORY
For more than 25 years, we have partnered with federal and state agencies to fight wildland fires across the United States and Canada. Our proven aerial firefighting strategies and unmatched safety track record have led to tens of thousands of wildfire missions in the states of Washington, California, Oregon, Alaska, Minnesota, Idaho, Colorado, Texas, Michigan, Florida, Montana, Utah, Nevada, Wyoming and North Carolina as well as Canada.
We secured our first state contract in 2007 with Minnesota and our first federal contracts in 2009, with the Federal Bureau of Indian Affairs and Bureau of Land Management. Today, we continue to partner with federal, state and private entities to protect people, land and property from the devastation of wildfires.
"These guys have it in their DNA to work an aircraft on a fire."
– STATE AVIATION PROGRAM MANAGER, RETIRED
"Dauntless Air has unique capabilities, some that no other vendor can provide. Their forward-looking innovations bring big advantages."
— STATE AVIATION PROGRAM MANAGER, ACTIVE
"Dauntless Air is the clear leader, the tip of the spear for the Fire Boss program."
— FEDERAL DIRECTOR OF AVIATION AND SAFETY, ACTIVE
our vision
Our Vision is to win the war against wildfires. We believe this vision is achievable, but getting there is increasingly challenging given the shifting US wildfire landscape. Climate change, unhealthy landscapes and expanding human development in the wildland-urban interface are combining to create costlier fires that are burning and spreading much more quickly than they did 20 years ago. Faced with this reality, aerial firefighting strategies must be optimized for rapid initial attack to contain small blazes before they escape and become multi-acre, multi-million-dollar devastations.
