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Perfect Coordination in Aerial Firefighting

The first thing that usually collapses during disaster response is communications. A new development has been designed specifically for aerial firefighting and is the...

Robertson Draw Fire 45% contained

The Robertson Draw Fire is 45 percent contained as of Monday morning, according to a briefing from the incident command. The incident command said the...

Evacuations Ordered For Sylvan Lake State Park Visitors

EAGLE COUNTY, Colo. (CBS4)– Some residents of Eagle County are being told to evacuate because of a wildfire. The fire is burning near Sylvan...

Upgraded Santa Maria Air Tanker Base ready to provide aerial support for future wildfires

SANTA MARIA, Calif. -- The Santa Maria Air Tanker Base recently upgraded its facility just in time for the beginning of the start of...

Two of the World’s Largest Firefighting Helicopters Are Ready for Wildfire Duty in SoCal

A 180-day program providing additional firefighting helicopters to departments in Los Angeles, Orange, and Ventura counties will begin Tuesday. The Quick Reaction Force program includes...

Pinnacle Fire at 2,200 acres with zero percent containment

SANTA TERESA MOUNTAINS – The Pinnacle Fire burning in the Santa Teresa mountains west of the Gila Valley and just north of the Klondyke...

FORTRESS North America wins U.S. Forest Service contract for mobile fire retardant mixing tank

Fortress delivers high quality mixing tank for Very Large Air Tankers (VLATs) at U.S. Forest Service Medford Air Tanker Base (ATB) Medford, OR. -...

Aerial Firefighting Response to Arizona Fires ‘A Small Air Force’

A witness to the growing number of aircraft arriving into Arizona to fight the Mescal and Telegraph fires likened the response to 'A small...

Aerial Firefighters Try in Vain to Save Galice Resort

A popular tourist stop along the Rogue River outside Merlin is gone after a fire leveled parts of the historic structure in a matter...

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