Conair commenced Firecat operations in 1978. Firecats and Turbo Firecats were previously in service with Conair and the
Government of Saskatchewan in Canada and were also used by the
Government of Ontario. The
Sécurité Civile organisation in
France took delivery of 14 Firecats over a period of five years commencing in May 1982. A total of 35 Firecat and Turbo Firecat conversions have been performed; four Firecats and three Turbo Firecats have crashed in France. In 2020 Turbo Firecats were retired for Sécurité Civile in France. Similar conversions are performed by another company
Marsh Aviation in the
United States. These are known as Marsh Turbo Trackers and feature
Garrett AiResearch TPE-331 turboprop engines. ==Variants==