FOREST, Va. (WSET) — Forest volunteer firefighters work every day fighting to keep you safe. They have invested in a new ladder truck to allow them to serve the community better. "The people ...

New laser solution could slow spread of forest fires Fighting Treetop Fire is developing a system of removing combustible foliage with algorithm-controlled laser beams controlled via helicopter or ...

Justice joined a number of foresters at Twin Falls State Park to unveil newly purchased forest fire fighting equipment. ... 17 heavy duty trucks built with larger 100 gallon water tanks, ...

The M198 can be carried into position by truck or military helicopter, set up within six minutes, and then fire at least two shells every minute. Here’s some rough math.

As California forests face another dry summer, firefighters around Lake Tahoe are deploying high-tech mountaintop cameras to spot lightning strikes and the first wisps of smoke before wildfires ...

Water-spraying tower is a mobile forest-fire-fighting sprinkler system By Ben Coxworth. November 12, 2024 ... such as the outskirts of a town near a forest fire – by a 1-ton pickup truck.

Soldiers and Airmen from the Kansas National Guard partnered with the Kansas Forest Service and fire departments from all over the state in a wildland firefighting exercise. Fighting fires ...

Home / Fighting forest fires from space. Posted in Press Release ... carried by a truck or large helicopter to within sniffing distance of a fire. “We deploy a 1.8m satellite dish aerial, ...

Imagine a truck dragging a chain or a cigarette tossed from a car’s window along Highway 133, outside Carbondale toward Redstone. If that spark lands in dry, roadside vegetation in typical ...