The Los Angeles Fire Department Air Ops responded to a section ... after he "jumped in the flowing water," they said. Using a helicopter, crews hovered just over the river and lowered a ...

The Los Angeles Fire Department on Wednesday, March 29, took ownership of a $2.6 million Fire-7, a high-tech Bell 505 light-duty helicopter that LAFD will use for “helicopter coordination and ...

One of two firefighting helicopters that collided in midair over a Southern California brush fire lacked an electronic ... now flies Boeing 777s out of Los Angeles for a major airline.

An uncommon windstorm grounding a fleet of helicopters as they tried to extinguish ... chief pilot with the Los Angeles Fire Department’s Air Operations Division. “But the (Federal Aviation ...

Helicopters dumped water on Palisades Fire amid giant smoke towers in Los Angeles. Footage shows the aerial vehicle that assisted in the firefighter efforts in California on January 10.

A helicopter flew in to drop water ... Heli-Hydrants could go empty during major fires. As the Palisades Fire in Los Angeles burned, three 1-million gallon tanks that helped pressurize city ...

A helicopter drops water around homes threatened ... into the evening and through the night, according to the Los Angeles County Fire Department Chief Anthony Marrone. "We are not out of danger ...

In this aerial view taken from a helicopter, burned homes are seen from above during the Palisades fire in Malibu, Los Angeles County, Calif., Jan. 9, 2025. Josh Edelson/AFP via Getty Images In an ...

A former Army pilot. An aging helicopter. Furious winds. The race to put out the Eaton fire tested Los Angeles County’s night-flying firefighters like never before. By Thomas Fuller A former ...

Tanker 47 rears up as helicopter pilot Darren Davies ... on the other side of Los Angeles from the Palisades fire. This is the QRF’s year-round base, and members of the flight crew work 12 ...