Firefighters kept up efforts in Colorado as the Aspen Acres Fire neared 100,000 acres in size on Thursday, July 9. According ...

Late last month, San Diego County leaders and fire officials celebrated a vote to add a much-needed, nighttime firefighting helicopter to the county’s fleet. Firefighting agencies in the county have ...

Two helicopters responding to a brush fire in Riverside County, California, collided Sunday evening, killing three people on board one of the helicopters, David Fulcher of Cal Fire said. At a media ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A helicopter made an emergency landing on Friday after the pilot discovered a small electrical fire broke out in the cockpit while ...

The first of three new Airbus H145 Jupiter HC Mk2 helicopters has completed its maiden flight from RAF Akrotiri, marking the start of year-round emergency response in Cyprus, the British Bases said on ...

Cal Fire helicopters will sweep low over Folsom Lake on Friday and Saturday as crews stage one of the agency's final major training exercises as peak wildfire season begins across Northern California, ...

A firefighting helicopter that caught fire while assisting in a Pueblo County wildfire response on June 16 and had to make an emergency landing is back in action and assisting in another wildfire in ...

RYE, Colo. (KJCT) — A helicopter crew battling the Hidden Creek Fire near Rye were confronted with a fire of their own within the cockpit of the aircraft. The Colorado Division of Fire Protection and ...

Rotorcraft are able to tackle forest blazes in a way fixed-wing aircraft can not. We look at what the various assets on the market can offer They may not have the awesome dumping power of fixed-wing ...