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When the average person thinks about aerial firefighting, images that come to mind are often of helicopters and fixed-wing aircraft...

After the traumatic experience of this year’s destructive blazes, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis is reportedly intent on “changing everything” regarding...

Retrofitting massive jets to fight infernos is expensive, and companies say that government contracts don’t make it worth their while....

Riverina Highlands Rural Fire Service are looking at relocating their fire control centre to Tumut Airport. “We are looking at...

Washington state Commissioner of Public Lands Hilary Franz details the operations at the Dept. of Natural Resources' new temporary airbase...

Greece will boost its firefighting capability with the purchase and lease of additional water-dropping aircraft, the Greek prime minister said...

The United States (U.S.) is on fire… literally. According to the National Interagency Fire Center, this calendar year the nation has...

A Russian Navy Beriev Be-200 (RF-88450) amphibious water bomber crashed into high terrain in Turkey on August 14th near Kahramanmaras,...

Three Wisconsin National Guard UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters and 23 Soldiers will assist California and Washington as those states battle...

WASHINGTON — Bipartisan U.S. senators from the West, including Idaho Republicans Mike Crapo and Jim Risch, are urging the Biden...