The crash of the two on-duty contracted Cal Fire helicopters, a Sikorsky S-64E Skycrane and a Bell 407 – a derivative of a ...

Research and experiments on airdrops in France began with the first LABEX (LArgage Bombardier d’eau EXperimentation) ...

Skimmer airtankers, which scoop water from lakes, are commonly used in areas with abundant waterbodies such as Eastern Canada ...

The United States Department of the Interior and the Department of Agriculture announced the establishment of the U.S. Wildland Fire Service, a consolidation of all federal wildland fire agencies ...

The U.S. government has filed two lawsuits against a utility company in California, blaming it for starting two deadly ...

The United States Environmental Protection Agency’s push to change a decade-old air pollution rule was recently advanced in the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee.

Airtanker 417 dropping 8 door string drop along the right flank of a fire. Photo: Government of the Northwest Territories. There has been a small but growing body of research within the United States ...

More than 4100 people are attending Australasia’s largest fire and emergency management conference and exhibition in Perth, Western Australia, this week. The AFAC25 Conference Powered by Intershutz ...

Metrics to indicate wildfire likelihood and severity are common worldwide; however, a growing body of research suggests that more nuanced approaches may be necessary. The Canadian Forest Fire Weather ...

Wildfires are here, and prisoners will be deployed to the frontlines to help fight these flames. They were on the 2025 L.A. Fires. Every summer, wildfires explode onto the scene and into the ...