The Los Angeles County Fire Department has placed an order with Sikorsky for two additional S-70i Firehawk firefighting helicopters. In a year that brutally demonstrated the threat that wildfires pose ...
LEESBURG, Fla. -- One person is confirmed dead and no survivors have been found after a firefighting helicopter crashed into a Florida marsh on Tuesday, authorities said. The crash occurred around 4 p ...
A firefighting helicopter crew’s decision to fly an altitude higher than they were cleared for and the subsequent rapid descent led to the deaths of three people in a midair collision in 2023, ...
Fire crews quickly converged on a brush fire that ignited Tuesday evening in the Hollywood Hills below several homes, according to L.A. fire officials. The blaze ignited around 6:40 p.m. north of West ...
An internal report commissioned by the Colorado Division of Fire Prevention and Control (DFPC) details a series of concerns and operational problems with the state's Helitack Program, which recently ...
The Garnet Fire raged for the eighth day in eastern Fresno County on Monday. "It's a very active fire, intense fire, but it's not rapidly spreading or growing," Public Information Officer Jay Tracy ...