now flies the S-70i “Fire Hawk” helicopter as a Forestry Fire Pilot with the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE) in Riverside County. He is the son of the late ...

A helicopter has crashed during an operation to extinguish a fire in southeastern South Korea on Sunday, killing its pilot SEOUL, South Korea -- A helicopter crashed during an operation to ...

Cal Fire is partnering with Google and Muon Space to develop a satellite system for early wildfire detection. The satellites will use AI algorithms to differentiate wildfires from other heat ...

The two week training program was created to give helitack crews the ability to rescue fire personnel from fires. Each year, 16 new crew chiefs are trained during the course of the training, which ...

Two men were found struggling in the Kings River near Winton Park, one was rescued by an eagle One helicopter crew and taken ...

Cal Fire has released fire hazard severity zone maps for Imperial, Inyo, Los Angeles, Mono, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino and San Diego counties. The fire hazard severity zone maps are like ...

California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection officials on Monday unveiled updated fire hazard maps for the High Desert and other portions of Southern California The new Cal Fire rankings ...

“We could be in for a bad fire season with these (high) grasses,” said Marshall Turbeville, Cal Fire battalion chief for the Sonoma-Lake-Napa unit. Now that it’s stopped raining, fire ...

A helicopter crashed during an operation to extinguish a fire in southeastern South Korea on Sunday, killing its pilot, the local fire agency said. A local fire office said that the fire at the ...

Cal Fire had already released fire maps for Northern and Central California this year. The new 2025 maps update the previous 2007-2011 models, with zone rankings based on vegetation, terrain ...