With more than 60 fixed-wing and rotary-wing aircraft under its aegis, Cal Fire has the largest civil aerial firefighting fleet in the world. Its fleet of helicopters includes the Bell UH-1H Super ...

Under the previous sheriff, Sandra Hutchens, the department’s water-dropping aircraft would have self-dispatched. If they had been ready when the Coastal fire erupted, each Huey could have ...

More than 300 people have been evacuated and nearly 100 firefighters sent to tackle a wildfire in a tourist area of France's ...

The French interior ministry has hired a Eurocopter EC 725 helicopter with water-carrying capability ahead of the firefighting season on the Island of Corsica off the southeast coast of France ...

Los Angeles city fire helicopter Chief pilot Dan Child (L) and lead pilot Brandon Prince pose with helicopter Air-4, one of many helicopters they use to make water drops with pinpoint precision on ...

The CH-47 Chinook helicopter and 24 crewmembers, based at the Patriot Way Flight Facility in Rochester, used a specially designed aircraft bucket to scoop water from the lake and practice dropping ...

When an iconic firefighting aircraft makes its final flight on Sunday, residents of Vancouver Island and Victoria, BC will look skyward to catch a glimpse – and hear the distinctive sound – of ...