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

I'm a third-generation firefighter — and I'm helping to battle the LA fires from the air in a DC-10 fire bomber. Here's how ...

This is the story of the Canadair CL-415, a Canadian-designed, Canadian-built amphibious water bomber pulling overtime over ...

Despite the aircraft's impressive capabilities, California has not purchased any, rather choosing to lease them for 90-day ...

A slew of planes and helicopters are helping fight the Los Angeles area wildfires. Blazes have been raging in the area for a week.

One of CAL FIRE’s newest additions, the Lockheed C-130 Hercules, is often the first to arrive at the scene of a fire, ...

Two people have been arrested for flying drones in the areas affected by the Eaton Fire, following the grounding of a plane ...

Reduced visibility from thick smoke, coupled with turbulence created by the fire's heat, can create perilous flying ...

and Very Large Air Tankers (VLATs), which are typically passenger jets converted to tankers with external water tanks. Super Scooper planes load their tanks by skimming the surface of open bodies of ...

As the wildfires eventually resulted in a huge destruction in the Los Angeles, at the same time, there were some specific ...

As wildfires ravage southern California, Canadian Super Scoopers are proving to be a game-changer in firefighting efforts, ...