Firefighting Pilots Face High-Pressure Job: ‘It Gets a Bit Scary’
The people flying planes and tankers involved in dousing blazes face hot, sweaty, turbulent conditions — and the risk that ...
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Fire engines built in West Michigan bound for California wildfires
As fires continue to burn in southern California, a factory in metro Grand Rapids is manufacturing equipment specially ...
Super Scooper planes that fight wildfires are ‘rugged, reliable' — and rare
One reason last week’s collision between a firefighting plane and a drone caused such a stir was because Los Angeles doesn’t ...
Altadena's Christmas Tree Lane survives. Volunteers hope to turn the lights on again
Altadena's 104-year holiday lighting tradition known as Christmas Tree Lane escaped damage from the Eaton fire despite a rain ...
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Heroes of the California wildfires: Meet the CAL FIRE aircraft fleet
CAL FIRE has the largest fleet of firefighting equipment of any civilian agency in the world. In all, it has 67 fixed-wing and rotary aircraft in its fleet, with plans to grow that number to 80 in the ...
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Fire weather services
fire weather warnings, when forecast conditions are likely to be dangerous fire danger ratings, in consultation with fire agencies fire danger products, such as detailed forecasts and outlooks for ...