" The most numerous aircraft in the aerial firefighting fleet is the venerable Air Tractor."
8 are sitting idle not 5 minutes from where I sit now. There has been no interest in using them.
However, all the air support in the world means nothing without work on fuel loadings.
Recommendations were made 10 years ago for fuel reduction burns of at least 5% preferably 10% to be made.
Actually more like 1% has been achieved. This warning from a year ago -
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-02-...ZCRGnYvcbGEJ24