Quick calculations, coordination, communication and feedback were key in helping helicopter pilots hit their spots.

As wildfires intensify, state and federal fire agencies are relying more on aerial fire retardant, sparking concerns over its ...

Urban fires, by spreading various pollutants, have even more harmful effects than forest fires. Residents of Pacific ...

Aerial firefighting companies supplement federal and state firefighting fleets, and their services are in high demand.

Some of the visuals coming out of Los Angeles County over the past week show a vivid pink substance coating streets, cars and ...

Similar to Super Scoopers, fire-attacking helicopters can collect water using buckets and drop the load ... converted into air tankers and equipped with the U.S. Forest Service’s Modular ...

Aircraft battling fires raging through the Los Angeles area are dousing the area with more than water: Hundreds of thousands of gallons of hot-pink fire suppressant have been dropped ahead of the ...

Wind from the ocean pushed the Border 2 fire east Friday and the evacuation area expanded to include Dulzura and other rural ...

Besides Cal Fire, multiple agencies have dropped fire retardant and water, including the U.S. Forest Service, the Los Angeles and Ventura county fire departments, the city and the National Guard.

Aircraft battling fires raging through the Los Angeles area are dropping more than water: Hundreds of thousands of gallons of hot-pink fire suppressant ahead of the flames in a desperate effort to ...