from ABC News
Water bombing helicopter dispatched to Canberra
At least one water bombing helicopter is to be based in Canberra as part of the new national firefighting strategy.
The helicopter will be on call over the summer for outbreaks in the ACT and surrounding New South Wales.
However, a local consortium says it is struggling to get any interest in its proposal to operate an additional fleet of water bombing planes.
Consortium spokesman Murray Masling says the national scheme is flawed.
"At this stage it appears that the national strategy as a whole is geared around helicopters alone and yet there are operations, a Victorian operation over many years, have had a great success with fixed wing and also South Australia and, as I've mentioned, Western Australia as well," he said.
Anyone know what type? Who's operating it?