"LAFD helicopters are capable of dropping 450 gallons of water per drop," fire Chief Ralph Terrazas said as the Agusta Westland AW139 helicopter and Erickson Aircrane helitanker were introduced at ...

LAFD hires its pilots from within after hundreds of hours of training. All of them start as ground firefighters, ... Hopping in the pilot’s seat of the Leonardo AW139, ...

The Los Angeles Fire Department’s decision to acquire AgustaWestland AW139s came down to a simple value equation: ... For LAFD, AW139 choice came down to raw power.

A preliminary report says the pilot of the Los Angeles Fire Department’s newest helicopter ... The National Transportation Safety Board said Thursday that the Leonardo AW139 helicopter was ...

THE LOS ANGELES FIRE DEPARTMENT has signed up to buy a third AgustaWestland AW139 medium-twin helicopter. The aircraft will be used to handle aerial firefighting, medevac and search-and-rescue ...

The LAFD has not answered questions about exactly which engines were unusable and what was wrong with them. And city officials have slow-walked releasing maintenance records for each of the agency ...

As a proud 35-year veteran and current captain with the Los Angeles Fire Department, I’ve never experienced the devastation that we're seeing in LA today, where thousands of structures and more ...

LAFD hires its pilots from within after hundreds of hours of training. All of them start as ground firefighters, ... Hopping in the pilot’s seat of the Leonardo AW139, ...