About Helitak Fire Fighting Equipment

Helitak commenced operations in 2006 and the efficiency and reliability of their tanks has not gone unnoticed, winning themselves a stable of awards along the way and, more recently, earning themselves further credibility after securing FAA STC approvals.

As qualified engineers and helicopter pilots who had faced off against many a wildfire/bushfire, the Helitak team understood only too well the limitations of the tanks on the market at the time. 

The first problem was associated with the limited space a helicopter has beneath its belly where a tank is affixed. This meant that an underbelly fire tank could only carry the water the tank could hold. Yet many of the helicopters the team were flying had the potential to carry a far greater payload.  As the team set about finding a solution that would allow a helicopter to carry more water, they also managed to solve the second problem, that flat tanks quickly lost ‘head pressure’ which meant controlling the drop was a challenge.

Over the ensuing years, our team developed the Helitak expandable fire suppression tank which solves both issues for helicopter operators engaged in fighting fires.