Just as California moves into fire season, Cal Fire is upgrading its firefighting capabilities with six new night-flying helicopters, one of which is now located at the Paso Robles Air Attack Base.

Cal Fire is adding to its aerial firefighting fleet, with two more Firehawk helicopters, Gov. Gavin Newsom and agency officials announced Thursday. The two additional Sikorsky S-70i Firehawk ...

CUMBERLAND COUNTY, Pa. (WHTM) — A helicopter flying over Carlisle on Tuesday night spotted a fire in an abandoned factory. The fire, several hundred feet from any road, already spread to the roof line ...

A fire helicopter crew didn’t follow Cal Fire protocol before crashing into another helicopter, killing three people above a Cabazon wildfire in 2023, according to a report federal officials published ...

FRESNO COUNTY, Calif. (KFSN) -- Firefighters are relying more and more on aerial attacks to combat wildfires across Central California and the state, including the most recent "Boneyard Fire" along ...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- Just minutes after a medical helicopter crashed onto a California highway, Sacramento Fire Capt. Peter Vandersluis found himself directing an impromptu response team of about 15 ...

THE PATH FOR THE NEXT GENERATION. IN SOLANO COUNTY, CAL FIRE CREWS ARE ASSISTING VACAVILLE FIRE WITH A MEDICAL RESCUE. THIS IS HAPPENING IN THE BLUE RIDGE HIKING TRAIL NEAR WINTERS. ACCORDING TO ...

“I was able to prove myself and kind of kick butt out there,” says Horton Smoke plumes and an orange glow render the typically picturesque tree-lined view above hazy mountains into a nightmarish, ...

Cal Fire added six new night-flying CH-47 Chinook helicopters, one of which is now located at the Paso Robles Air Attack Base. Photo courtesy of Cal Fire San Luis Obispo Unit Just as California moves ...