Aerial firefighting companies supplement federal and state firefighting fleets, and their services are in high demand.

At Neptune Aviation, an aerial firefighting company based in Missoula, maintenance crews work throughout the winter to keep ...

I'm a third-generation firefighter — and I'm helping to battle the LA fires from the air in a DC-10 fire bomber. Here's how ...

It might look like the colored corn starch used in some fun runs, but the powder being dropped by planes is actually fire ...

At least 25 people have been killed and more than 40,000 acres burned as the wildfires race through southern California for a ninth day ...

Helicopters play a critical role in CAL FIRE’s operations, and the future of the fleet is the Sikorsky S-70i Firehawk (or as ...

Some of the visuals coming out of Los Angeles County over the past week show a vivid pink substance coating streets, cars and ...

A long line of fire and billowing smoke are seen through the helicopter's windshield as it swoops towards one of the several ...

The fire crews have traveled to Los Angeles County as part of a massive response from supporting agencies from across the ...

Videos of the iconic yellow-and-red Canadian waterbombers have coursed through social media as they help fight the Los ...

In addition to the array of civil firefighting aircraft operating on the frontline of the historic wildfires in the Los Angeles area, military aircraft equipped with firefighting systems have also ...

Crews battling the deadly ongoing Los Angeles wildfires have started dropping bright pink fire retardant known as Phos-Chek from the skies to combat the stubborn flames. The eye-catching flame ...