Firefighting planes are front-line combatants when a wildfire breaks out. They come in a wide variety of sizes, and their ...

Hailed at its inception as a joint public-private partnership between the county fire agencies of Los Angeles, Ventura and Orange County and SoCal Edison, the Quick Reaction Force (QRF) program has ...

The Canadair CL-415 was developed as a more capable successor to the earlier CL-215, built specifically to fight wildfires by ...

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 ...

OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) — It’s not wildfire season yet, but crews from out of state are getting ready to come to Oklahoma. Planes with Bridger Aerospace were here last March, helping crews put out ...