The Pentagon deployed modified C-130 aircraft to aid in the fight against the Los Angeles wildfires. The wildfires spread rapidly due to strong winds and dry conditions, scorching over 30,000 acres.

The US Army Garrison Pōhakuloa Training Area Fire and Emergency Services (FES) Departments Basic Wildland Fire Fighting Courses are one of many examples of how the Army has great partnerships with ...

Where the heck did we get the idea of fighting fire with fire? For how often it gets used, it sure doesn’t seem like good ...

The Modular Aerial Fire Fighting Systems program was instituted in 1971 as a collaboration between the U.S. Forest Service and the Department of Defense. The MAFFS system can be installed inside C-130 ...

Lockheed wants to use AI and rapid connectivity to make firefighting tools—like this Los Angeles County Fire Department "Firehawk" helicopter—more effective. James D. Taiclet, Lockheed Martin LMT ...

SUPPORT FIREFIGHTING AND RECOVERY EFFORTS. WELL, CAL FIRE SENT NEARLY A DOZEN AIRCRAFT FROM HERE IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA TO BATTLE THOSE WILDFIRES. ONE OF THEM IS THEIR C-130 AIR TANKER, KCRA 3’S.

The engine company is the basic unit of service in every fire department. Even departments that have trucks and rescue squads depend heavily on the engines. Not every fire apparatus carries water, but ...

The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection boasts the largest civil firefighting aviation unit in the world and, as fires become more destructive and frequent, it’s only getting bigger.

The Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park remains evacuated and closed due to the South Rim Fire, which grew to nearly 4,000 acres by Monday morning and remains zero percent contained. In an ...

Cold temperatures made fire fighting difficult for crews in Lead over the weekend. The Lead Volunteer Fire Department ...