A tree fell 15 feet away in the dark from the chief and his deputy. They could hear a rock tumbling down and didn't know ...
After a record drought this fall, and increased wildfires, in the U.S. Northeast, people in this region are talking about ...
When Oregon’s 2024 fire season ended in late October, over 1.9 million acres had burned across the state – an area larger than Delaware. For Tyler ...
Aero-Flite currently has 13 operational aircraft. The two new aircraft the company plans to add early next year—both Dash 8-400 Airtankers—are considered among the most modern in the industry, Niemann ...
Almost two weeks after it first broke out, a wildfire in Great Barrington, Massachusetts has been declared contained.
The West has for years been adapting to more extreme fires and investing in firefighting resources. In a place like ...
North Dakota’s Emergency Commission has approved $11.4 million of spending authority for the National Guard adjutant ...
North Dakota’s Emergency Commission okayed $11.4 million of spending authority for the Adjutant general’s office to cover the ...
Water bombing helicopters are operating to extinguish forest and land fires in South Sumatra. ANTARA FOTO/Nova Wahyudi Palembang (ANTARA) - South Sumatra Regional Disaster Management Agency (BPBD) ...
HENNIKER, N.H. (AP) — When Hector Xu was learning to fly a helicopter in college, he recalled having a few “nasty experiences” while trying to navigate at night. The heart-stopping flights ...
A plane dips low over a smoldering ridgetop and unleashes a ribbon of fire retardant, coating the hillside a bright pink.
“Some of the challenges fighting the fire include the remoteness of it, the rugged terrain of the area, as well as shifting winds,” said Assistant Division Firewarden Chris Franek of the Forest Fire ...