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The U.S. Forest Service, the Bureau of Land Management, and other federal and state fire response agencies will be conducting ...
Local governments announced an agreement Tuesday to allow wildfire-fighting planes to rely on the Aspen/Pitkin County Airport ...
After the water is dropped above the flames, the aircraft returns to the body of water to replenish their tank and repeats the process until fuel is needed. According to Cal Fire, fire retardant ...
Very Large Airtankers can deliver thousands of gallons of fire retardant at one time, according to the National Interagency Fire Center. It's the largest type of fire fighting airplane and can hold ...
Not long after the Palisades Fire broke out Jan. 7, firefighting aircraft began drawing bright red lines with fire retardant across the Santa Monica Mountains, in an effort to slow and contain the ...
The Minnesota Interagency Fire Center reminds all Minnesotans that the unauthorized use of drones within the vicinity of a ...
Sen. Mark Kelly is leading a new push to get more firefighting planes in the air as Arizona faces longer, more dangerous ...
The Table Rock Fire is the first time South Carolina has ever used a Very Large Airtanker. See what airplanes are fighting fires in North Carolina and South Carolina. South Carolina is bringing in ...