Cal Fire officials have publicly asked people to stop flying drones over fires, which they say severely impact their ability ...

The C-130Hs were then modified with a 4,000-gallon tank and fire retardant delivery system, to perform critical retardant ...

RAMONA, Calif. — California is now better equipped to fight wildfires as Cal Fire just added a new air tanker to its fleet. The C-130 Hercules is one of seven the state is retrofitting and ...

Just 3 weeks after being added to the Cal Fire fleet, a converted military air tanker has taken to the skies on more than a dozen fires throughout the state, officials said. The retrofitted C-130 ...

Cal Fire’s latest and biggest tool made by Lockheed Martin will be added to its fleet consisting of 62 ... It includes Cal Fire HAWK helicopters. Although the state’s most destructive infernos ...

CalFire recently credited an AI-powered ... Though owning and using a fleet of helicopters is expensive, catching a fire early has an outsize impact. One study found that a 15-minute reduction ...

Tanker 122, Cal Fire’s first operational C-130H ... It joins other fixed-wing aircraft in the department’s fleet that started in military service, including the OV-10 air tactical aircraft ...

Cal Fire investigators on Thursday in Yuba City ... according to PG&E. A Chinook helicopter drops water on the Electra Fire in Pine Grove in Amador County on Tuesday, July 5, 2022.

California authorities said it could also slow down as temperatures cool, but the northern and eastern sides are still growing, according to CalFire. Four Blackhawk helicopters, two aircraft ...

A Cal Fire firefighter was arrested Friday morning on suspicion of starting five separate wildfires in the state within the last six weeks. The fire apparatus engineer, Robert Hernandez ...