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Behind every one of those drops is a team working around the clock to mix, load, and send aircraft back into the fight,” BLM ...
"You need help from the air, whether it's helicopters dropping water, air tankers dropping fire retardant," said Joel Kerley, president of 10 Tanker.
Powerful analytical tools and a new generation of wildfire specialists take to the woods as Canadian forests burn.
GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (KJCT) - As wildfire season intensifies across Western Colorado, firefighting aircraft are once again becoming a critical line of defense. At the Grand Junction Air Center, ...
The Oak Ridge Fire burned through remote areas of the Navajo Nation, creating challenges for firefighters and emergency teams ...
Grand Junction’s air tankers can launch in minutes to battle wildfires. Inside the rapid response and teamwork that keeps Colorado skies safer.
CBC News spoke with Mike Westwick, manager of wildfire prevention and mitigation for the territorial government, to break ...
Cal Fire San Diego will soon begin a construction project at its Ramona Air Attack Base to prepare it for the arrival of a ...
The Medford Air Tanker Base, which is providing aerial resources to multiple incidents around our region, said it’s always a ...
A significant Cal Fire construction project at the Ramona Air Attack Base to accommodate a new air tanker will begin next ...
The Hemet-Ryan Air Attack Base in Riverside County will be used as the nearest fire-retardant reloading facility. A temporary ...
Construction efforts at the Ramona Air Attack Base will begin next week to make way for a new C-130H air tanker.