The planes can “discharge their entire load of up to 3,000 gallons of retardant in less than five seconds, covering an area one-quarter of a mile long by 100 feet wide, or they can make variable drops ...

There are strict rules for aircraft operating in and around a fire to make sure everyone’s flying in a predictable manner.

Footage shot from the cockpit of a firefighting aircraft shows a U.S. Air National Guard pilot dropping fire retardant over the Hughes Fire in Southern California on Wednesday.

Different types of retardant are available in a variety of price points, but the high-end kind used in this particular home, says McDonald, is biodegradable and nontoxic—"you could drink it straight ...

Billings Flight Service helps fight major fires at home and overseas --- including the ongoing California wildfires. The ...

Tech. Sgt. Timothy Lopez, whose family is from Oahu, is part of a team keeping military aircraft ready to support ongoing ...

One expert says solutions will require “political will, significant financing, likely decades of time and stronger, and ...

Local firefighting systems need more permanent, reliable employment, because sometimes neighboring communities, states and ...