Hailed at its inception as a joint public-private partnership between the county fire agencies of Los Angeles, Ventura and ...

Aircraft are one of the most important tools for fighting wildfires, and across the various agencies and private companies that use firefighting aircraft, you'll find an entire arsenal of airborne ...

The Canadair CL-415 is a purpose built amphibious aircraft designed to fight wildfires by scooping thousands of liters of water directly from lakes and seas. Developed from the earlier CL-215, it ...

High winds in California have fueled the wildfires in more ways than one. Not only have the gusts led to the rapid spread of multiple fires that have killed at least 24 people, displaced thousands of ...

Marcus Hudson instinctively craned his neck toward the night sky. A sharp explosion had echoed through the air, and for a brief moment, he needed to know whether a metal pressure relief valve was ...

Fire investigators are trying to determine what sparked a hangar fire at Tulsa Riverside Airport on Wednesday night. Officials say quick action by firefighters prevented the flames from causing even ...

A firefighting aircraft belonging to the General Directorate of Forestry (OGM) has crashed in Croatia during a planned maintenance flight, the Agriculture and Forestry Ministry announced. The ministry ...