Cal Fire is adding to its aerial firefighting fleet, with two more Firehawk helicopters, Gov. Gavin Newsom and agency officials announced Thursday. The two additional Sikorsky S-70i Firehawk ...

Questions raised over helicopters leased by the government and the role of forestry department officials in their selection Three forestry department (FD) functionaries – suspended amid a police probe ...

FRESNO COUNTY, Calif. (KFSN) -- Firefighters are relying more and more on aerial attacks to combat wildfires across Central California and the state, including the most recent "Boneyard Fire" along ...

The U.S. Forest Service has shifted aerial wildfire firefighting resources along Colorado's Front Range. Two large 'sky crane' helicopters were moved into position at Broomfield's Rocky Mountain ...

BROOMFIELD, Colo. (KRDO)- Starting this month, a team of two large skycrane helicopters will create a powerful new firefighting team based out of the Jeffco Air Base in Broomfield. Operation Sky ...

The Los Angeles County Fire Department has placed an order with Sikorsky for two additional S-70i Firehawk firefighting helicopters. In a year that brutally demonstrated the threat that wildfires pose ...

California has completed assembly of the world's largest civilian helicopter firefighting fleet with the arrival of two final Fire Hawk helicopters, marking a stark contrast to federal cuts in ...

DENVER (KDVR) — The U.S. Forest Service is funding a new firefighting team based out of the Rocky Mountain Metropolitan Airport, bringing two SkyCrane helicopters to the region. According to the U.S.

The tender process for the purchase of three firefighting aircraft is currently under way, with one of the aircraft to be ...

The Contra Costa County Fire Protection District is rolling out a new firefighting tool that firefighters believe will prove to be invaluable. The county has purchased six large Helopods – containers ...