While hydrants can play a role in fighting a wildfire in its early stages, the systems weren’t designed to combat the large ...

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.

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 ...

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

You’ve seen buildings and homes with fire sprinklers inside… but what about on the roof? “It does save homes,” said Harry Statter of Frontline Wildfire Defense, a company ...

Researchers and startup founders are rushing to develop and deploy drones, sensors and satellite imagery analysis that they ...

Private firefighters are increasingly popular with inusurers. But some argue it creates a two-tiered system where only the ...

The question of who is in charge is testimony to the diffusion and, at times, dysfunction that make up the core DNA of the ...

Private firefighters are a growing part of insurance companies’ strategy, but Cal Fire says they can sometimes pose a safety ...

"Marketplace" host Kai Ryssdal spoke to Dargan Marquis, senior wildfire adviser to the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation and ...