Some 20% of hydrants failed during the fight to save the Pacific Palisades from LA’s massive fire on Jan. 7. Here’s how other ...

U.S. Air National Guard Maj. John-Mark Koetitz, a pilot with the 115th Airlift Squadron, pilots a California National Guard ...

It took 30 workers on 30 pieces of equipment about 1,800 hours to clear about 200 miles of roadways in Lafayette Parish after ...

Prompted by the Los Angeles wildfire disaster, the Board of Supervisors voted to obtain a twin-engine helicopter and more ...

A video shows the cockpit view of California Air National Guard pilots flying low and dropping fire retardant over the Hughes Fire in Los Angeles County.

Tuesday to purchase a twin-engine helicopter and more water tenders, and to promote more innovative brush management ...

The Super Scooper is among an array of firefighting aircraft, including helicopters and air tankers, that the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection ... up to 3,000 gallons of ...

The Pentagon sent C-130 MAFFS-equipped aircraft to fight the LA fires. The water bombers drop nearly 14 tons of fire retardant in under five seconds.

Central Coast! Our community is responding to recent challenges with action and support. From wildfire relief efforts and help for immigrant ...

The C-130s are fitted with a firefighting unit that can drop thousands of gallons ... Airborne Fire Fighting System (MAFFS) unit to support other air tankers in aerial suppression.

“Tanker 47, we’re in the dip,” co-pilot Pablo Montero calls over the radio. It’s 9.30 p.m. on Saturday, January 11, and the crew is on its third night working the Palisades fire, a ...