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Constitution Fire at Estimated 25% Containment, Flat Rock at 35%, CCFD Says in Update

August 26, 2024

Helena USFS Air Tanker Base Key to Battling North Hills Wildfire

August 1, 2019

HELENA – The US Forest Service Air Tanker Base in Helena set several records this past weekend, including drops made in a single day. Three...

San Diego County to Share Cost of Second Firefighting Helicopter with SDG&E.

July 29, 2019

The San Diego County Board of Supervisors voted last Tuesday unanimously to share the cost of a refitted UH-60 lease with the county utility...

Fighting Fires From Above With Cal Fire's Air Attack

July 29, 2019

HEMET, Calif. – The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protections’ Hemet-Ryan Air Attack base is one of 19 tanker bases located throughout the...

Los Angeles County Fire to Increase Firehawk Numbers

July 29, 2019

Adding to LACo's already large fleet of Bell 412 and S-70 Firehawk firefighting helicopter fleet, Los Angeles County Supervisor Kathryn Barger, announced this week...

Central Kalimantan Needs Helitanker to Support Aerial Firefighting

July 21, 2019

Sampit, C Kalimantan (ANTARA) - The Kotawaringin Timur Disaster Mitigation Agency (BPBD) needs a helitanker to back its efforts to extinguish wildfires ravaging more...

PG&E teams up with Mendocino Aerial Fire Patrol to spot fires from the sky

July 21, 2019

MENDOCINO COUNTY — There used to be several fire lookout towers in Mendocino County staffed with people scanning for smoke in stations atop mountains...

Utah National Guard Responds to Oak Springs Fire

July 16, 2019

CAMP WILLIAMS, Utah (ABC4 News) – An active wildfire that burned about 200 acres of land near Camp Williams Sunday is now 100 percent...

Oregon Department of Forestry Workers are all Hands on Deck to Help Battle Wildfires

July 12, 2019

It's not every day that accountants, grant writers, and IT technicians get to help in wildfire-fighting efforts, but at the Oregon Department of Forestry, it's...

McCook Airport Will be One of Five Locations for Nebraska Forest Service

July 7, 2019

McCOOK, Neb. — Fighting fires by air will get a boost from below at the McCook Ben Nelson Regional Airport. The McCook City Council voted...

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