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Several state agencies got a bird's eye view Thursday morning to practice skills on fighting wildfires from above.
An annual national recertification event for the U.S. Forest Service Helicopter Rappel Program is slated to occur next week ...
Two firefighters were injured while helping battle a wildfire in Sheridan County over the weekend, and one of them was flown ...
Record dry winter puts Arizona at risk for this year’s fire season Students learn how to document wildland fire origin scenes on Monday ... by the U.S. National Guard shows a UH-60 Black Hawk ...
The Goodrich Rural Fire Department announced the Sheridan Fire was fully contained at 3:15 p.m. Saturday after burning an ...
A draft executive order would revamp wildland firefighting, pursuing a new federal agency and mandating 30-minute response times in high-risk areas. Advocates for the aerial firefighting business ...
A bill passed that would allow for the Department of Defense to sell excess military planes and parts for wildfire fighting ...
The system provides the air traffic awareness needed to safely send aircraft – including drones and remotely piloted helicopters – into wildland fire operations, even during low-visibility ...
The Rattlesnake Branch Fire that's been burning in Cruso since Wednesday has grown to 1,200 acres baby mid-day Saturday, but a clever strategy to steer the fire toward the unpopulated Shining Rock ...
is a Sikorsky S-70i – a modified version of a Black Hawk helicopter. Designed for wildland firefighting, search-and-rescue, and emergency medical transport, this advanced aircraft enhances OCFA ...