Hailed at its inception as a joint public-private partnership between the county fire agencies of Los Angeles, Ventura and ...

Aircraft are one of the most important tools for fighting wildfires, and across the various agencies and private companies that use firefighting aircraft, you'll find an entire arsenal of airborne ...

The Canadair CL-415 is a purpose built amphibious aircraft designed to fight wildfires by scooping thousands of liters of water directly from lakes and seas. Developed from the earlier CL-215, it ...

High winds in California have fueled the wildfires in more ways than one. Not only have the gusts led to the rapid spread of multiple fires that have killed at least 24 people, displaced thousands of ...

The arrival of six fire bombing planes has bolstered Tasmania’s firefighting capabilities, with the extra aircraft ready for ...

The pilot of a firefighting plane died Friday when his aircraft crashed while trying to put out a blaze that has been raging in southern France for four days, the local authorities said. The accident ...

A private drone trying to record footage of a Northern California wildfire nearly hindered efforts to attack the flames from the air, but firefighters made enough progress to allow most of the 1,200 ...

Three American crew members were killed Thursday when a C-130 Hercules aerial water tanker crashed while battling wildfires in southeastern Australia, officials said. New South Wales Premier Gladys ...

Coulson Aircrane says the Saskatchewan government has agreed to pay more than twice what it should have for four firefighting aircraft — a decision the B.C.-based company says will cost Saskatchewan ...