The fire confirmed the worst fears of a Central Coast community where a new battery farm is planned, writes SLO Tribune Editorial Board.

A video shows the cockpit view of California Air National Guard pilots flying low and dropping fire retardant over the Hughes Fire in Los Angeles County.

The planes can “discharge their entire load of up to 3,000 gallons of retardant in less than five seconds, covering an area one-quarter of a mile long by 100 feet wide, or they can make variable drops ...

Billings Flight Service helps fight major fires at home and overseas --- including the ongoing California wildfires. The ...

Tech. Sgt. Timothy Lopez, whose family is from Oahu, is part of a team keeping military aircraft ready to support ongoing ...

The question of who is in charge is testimony to the diffusion and, at times, dysfunction that make up the core DNA of the ...

Private firefighters are a growing part of insurance companies’ strategy, but Cal Fire says they can sometimes pose a safety ...

"Marketplace" host Kai Ryssdal spoke to Dargan Marquis, senior wildfire adviser to the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation and ...

United Aerial Firefighters Association head Paul Petersen said the wildfires ravaging California could be among the most ...

Local firefighting systems need more permanent, reliable employment, because sometimes neighboring communities, states and ...

A San Gabriel Valley man who built a water pump that was credited with saving a home from the Palisades Fire is getting inundated with calls and emails from apprehensive homeowners looking to protect ...

In addition to the array of civil firefighting aircraft operating on the frontline of the historic wildfires in the Los Angeles area, military aircraft equipped with firefighting systems have also ...