New firefighting system could help deliver water to coastal areas
Fire crews in Los Angeles County said the main thing impacting their efforts to extinguish blazes has been a lack of water.
Take the pilot’s seat as C-130 aircraft flies over California wildfire and drops retardant
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 ...
What It's Like To Be A Pilot Fighting The LA Fires
There are strict rules for aircraft operating in and around a fire to make sure everyone’s flying in a predictable manner.
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This Fire-Fighting "Mist" Is How Some Homeowners Protect Their High-End Properties
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 ...
Mystery solved: Helicopter flying over Lake Texoma training for fire fighting
Billings Flight Service helps fight major fires at home and overseas --- including the ongoing California wildfires. The ...
Municipal water systems aren’t designed to fight wildfires, but maybe they should be, experts say
One expert says solutions will require “political will, significant financing, likely decades of time and stronger, and ...
National Guard airman with Hawaii ties describes firefighting efforts in Los Angeles
Tech. Sgt. Timothy Lopez, whose family is from Oahu, is part of a team keeping military aircraft ready to support ongoing ...
‘There’s nothing they can do’: Fire hydrants across Pacific Palisades are coming up dry as blaze rages
“There’s no water in the fire hydrants,” Rick Caruso, a Los Angeles developer, told the Los Angeles Times. He owns the Palisades Village shopping center. “The firefighters are there, and there’s ...