Helicopter crashed during training in Leesburg LEESBURG, Fla. (AP) — A firefighting helicopter with four people on board crashed Tuesday near an airport in central Florida, killing at least one person, officials said. The helicopter crashed into a marsh...
Close Call at California Wildfire
Burnover avoided in El Dorado County Max McGregor Salmon Fire, El Dorado County At approximately 12:15 PM on Saturday, May 1, CalFire Amador-El Dorado Units responded to reports of a wildland fire in the area of Salmon Falls Road and Gallagher Road near...
Global SuperTanker May Be Sold as Freight Carrier
Revenue from firefighting contracts made little profit By PATTY NIEBERG Associated Press/Report for America DENVER (AP) — As Western states prepare for this year’s wildfire season, the world’s largest firefighting plane has been grounded and could be...
Global Super Tanker 747 Shut Down as Wildfire Season Begins
Company in discussions with prospective buyers By PATTY NIEBERG Associated Press/Report for America DENVER (AP) — The world’s largest firefighting plane has been shut down just as Western states prepare for a wildfire season that fire officials fear...
Hover STEP Training
A brief look at helitack training in Colorado Colorado Division of Fire Prevention and Control Get a first-person view of what it feels like to exit a helicopter while it's still in the air. This process, known as a "hover (STEP) exit", requires...
Wildland Fire Lessons Learned Center 2020 Incident Review Summary
Information collected from over 100 operational incidents Wildfire Lessons Learned Center The information in this report comes from wildland fire incidents—from various entities—submitted to and gathered by the Wildland Fire Lessons Learned Center (LLC)...
California Finishes Trials of New Wildfire Aircraft
Intel 24 was recently used over a wildfire in Malibu Wildland Firefighter Staff ORANGE COUNTY, California - California has just finished trials on a new aircraft that may be used to help fight the state’s wildfires. Intel 24 is able to see through smoke...
Arizona Army National Guard Conducts Wildfire Training
Multi-agency training with helicopters Defense Flash News Arizona Army National Guard Soldiers with the 2-285th Assault Helicopter Battalion and the 2-149th General Support Aviation Battalion Medical Evacuation detachments conduct a two-day training...
Firefighters Battle Two Forest Fires in Japan
Military helicopters help firefighters on the ground TOKYO (AP) — A forest fire broke out in a rural area north of Tokyo on Thursday, near another blaze burning for a fourth day. One man suffered burns and was hospitalized, and firefighters have been...
Colorado Wildfire Bill Includes Funding for FIREHAWK® Helicopter
Leased helicopter will be used by Colorado Firefighting Air Corps Wildland Firefighter Staff DENVER, Colorado - Summit Daily reports that a bipartisan bill focused on wildfire relief, mitigation and prevention includes funding to lease a Sikorsky...
Family of Pilot Killed in California Wildfire Files Lawsuit
Fournier radioed to say his hydraulics appeared to be failing By JOHN ROGERS Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — The family of a veteran helicopter pilot who died when his aircraft crashed as he was dropping water over a California wildfire filed suit...
Video: California’s Cypress Fire
Aircraft at work over Fontana 564 Fire The Cypress Fire as it approached Sierra Ave in south Fontana. CAL FIRE & Riverside County Fire along with other agencies kept the fire from jumping across Sierra Ave. Nice aircraft show with drops from air...