Grangeville Air Center is at the Heart of the Region’s Firefighting Effort this Wildfire Season

The current fire season has kept Neptune Aviation’s tankers and crew spread across the Western U.S. and as far east...

Napa County Adds a Locally Controlled Firefighting Helicopter

Napa County will spend $1.86 million to have a water-dropping Black Hawk helicopter with a 900-gallon bucket devoted to the...

To Fight Wildfires, California Turns to a Family With a Fleet of $8,000-an-Hour Helicopters

Coulson Aviation’s night-flying, water-siphoning Chinooks are on call to battle blazes on four continents. The fire began shortly before dawn...

Neptune Aviation Tankers, Crew Navigate Fire Challenges in 2021

The current fire season has kept Neptune Aviation’s tankers and crew spread across the Western U.S. and as far east...

NY, MT wildland firefighters compare training on emergency drone use

To the casual observer, a skyscraper fire in New York City doesn't seem to have a lot in common with...

Caldor Fire explodes: Homes in Grizzly Flats destroyed, evacuations along Highway 50 under way

A volatile wildfire burning in Northern California exploded overnight, razing homes in a small mountain town as dry fuels and...

Air Force completes twice as many flight hours as last year

"The air force was today operational combat and dynamic in extinguishing," said yesterday the Minister of Civil Protection Michalis Chrysochoidis,...

Authorities attack the Greenwood Fire from air and ground

Authorities fought a northeastern Minnesota wildfire from the air and on the ground Tuesday, following the evacuation of about 75...

NY, MT wildland firefighters compare training on emergency drone use