Apply to Aerial Firefighting Positions. Aerial firefighters can be employed by government agencies or private companies. The United States Forest Service has approximately 50 pilots.

United Aerial Firefighters Association head Paul Petersen said the wildfires ravaging California could be among the most devastating in U.S. history, and hopes they "wake up" lawmakers.

Aerial firefighting is “the closest thing to combat flying you’ll find in civilian life,” said Montie Vanlandingham, a recently retired chief pilot for the Sacramento Metropolitan Fire ...

This Bay Area aerial firefighter has fought some of the worst wildfires on record By Sarah Harvey Updated Oct 20, 2023 8:00 a.m. Tracy Zedeck is an aerial firefighter who has fought some of the ...

Bridger Aerospace is a leading U.S. aerial firefighting company, positioned to benefit from climate-driven wildfire growth.

Firefighting aircraft have been key in California’s battle against the wildfires raging in Los Angeles over the past week. An array of aerial firefighters have dropped thousands of gallons of ...

It’s a dangerous job. Since 2020, there have been 14 fatal aerial firefighting aircraft crashes resulting in the deaths of 25 aerial firefighting crew members in the U.S.In contrast, not a ...

Israel Aerospace Industries is to lead development of a firefighting aircraft based on the Boeing 767, capable of dispersing ...

The U.S. Forest Service, the largest federal contractor of aerial firefighting services, also has 52 full-time pilots, according to an agency spokesperson.