GelTech Solutions, Inc. announced break-through in wildland firefighting technology, the FireIce Mobile Automated Base System (F-MAB). The F-MAB is the most technologically advanced tanker base ever built, designed from the ground-up to mix and load exclusively FireIce products, and is presently deployed in the United States and Canada. GelTech partnered with Saskatchewan-based Gel Systems Canada in an exclusive agreement to design, build and service F-MAB units. The new computer-controlled, fully-automated F-MAB is capable of loading any airtanker platform, from a Single Engine Airtanker (SEAT) to a DC-10, with the press of a button. The F-MAB is a game-changer in rapid fire response and improves airtanker base safety immensely. Combined with the performance and cost benefits of FireIce medium-term retardant, it is the most effective product and equipment combination available to firefighting agencies on June 5, 2018. There are a number of features that the F-MAB delivers that no other tanker base system offers: Capability to control viscosity depending on fuel type and agency-specific requests from fire leadership; Equipped with the mobile mixing-on-demand system, no longer requires the bulk storage of wet product; Real-time satellite and cellular communications enable fire managers to get real-time data of what aircraft are being loaded, the number of gallons loaded, and the fire location that they are assigned to as part of the mission; and year-round operational capability, with 15-minute winterization and startup times. Four prototype units were built in 2017 and put on a contract during last year’s fire season; two in Saskatchewan, Canada that load 2,000-gallon CV-580 large airtankers, one in Colorado, and one in Montana. This first season had outstanding results for the equipment, and additional software updates have been provided for this upcoming season. The F-MAB is now open for the season at the Fort Collins Air Tanker Base in Colorado. One of the units has also recently been opened and is in use at a tanker base in Saskatchewan, with the second unit in the province slated to open for this fire season shortly.