Aircraft covered by a multi-agency agreement in Southern California can provide a quick response to wildfires in Orange County, authorities say.

Hailed at its inception as a joint public-private partnership between the county fire agencies of Los Angeles, Ventura and ...

Aircraft are one of the most important tools for fighting wildfires, and across the various agencies and private companies that use firefighting aircraft, you'll find an entire arsenal of airborne ...

The Canadair CL-415 is a purpose built amphibious aircraft designed to fight wildfires by scooping thousands of liters of water directly from lakes and seas. Developed from the earlier CL-215, it ...

Fire crews are on the scene of a plane crash at Provincetown Airport, according to the Provincetown Fire Department Facebook ...

The pilot of a firefighting plane died Friday when his aircraft crashed while trying to put out a blaze that has been raging in southern France for four days, the local authorities said. The accident ...

High winds in California have fueled the wildfires in more ways than one. Not only have the gusts led to the rapid spread of multiple fires that have killed at least 24 people, displaced thousands of ...

Coulson is backing the Boeing 767 as the next generation of firefighting airtanker giants as it looks to find a sustainable ...

Aerial services specialist Coulson Aviation is embarking on development of a firefighting aircraft based on the Boeing 767. The company's US division states that the retirement of older widebody ...

The tender process for the purchase of three firefighting aircraft is currently under way, with one of the aircraft to be ...