Aerial firefighting companies supplement federal and state firefighting fleets, and their services are in high demand.

As wildfires intensify, state and federal fire agencies are relying more on aerial fire retardant, sparking concerns over its ...

Some 378 hectares of the mountainous parts of Barangays Barbaquezo and Virbira in Carasi, Ilocos Norte was razed by fire that ...

It was the spring of 2014, and a fire—likely ignited by sparks flung from railroad tracks—was tearing through a forest in Alberta, Canada. Blois had never worked as an aerial firefighter before.

U.S. Air National Guard Maj. John-Mark Koetitz, a pilot with the 115th Airlift Squadron, pilots a California National Guard ...

Firefighters have increased containment of the Hughes Fire near Castaic Lake to 87% Saturday while preparing for an expected ...

With conditions Friday improving on the fire lines and containment growing, evacuation orders and warnings were dramatically ...

The fire suppressants are generally considered safe for people, but many worry about their potential effects on wildlife. The Forest Service bans use of aerial suppressants over waterways and ...

The fire suppressants are generally considered safe for people, but many worry about their potential effects on wildlife. The Forest Service bans use of aerial suppressants over waterways and ...

Wildfires raging through Isiolo County have decimated 60 percent of the savannah, the Kenya Forest Service has said. Speaking in Bassa after an aerial tour to assess the damage, KFS chief conservator ...

Aerial firefighting companies have rushed ... The company operates the fire-fighting fleet under contracts with the US Forest Service. “The fire crews in the air and on the ground are working ...

The aerial retardant cools and coats anything ... area could be reasonably expected to alleviate the fire threat," according to Forest service guidelines. The fire retardants are mostly ammonium ...