The Maui Police Department’s new helicopter saw its first action fighting fires Thursday as authorities extinguished a brush fire that closed Piʻiholo Road at Makawao Avenue. According to Don Shearer, ...

The two helicopters are based at the same airport in Broomfield.

Cal Fire is adding to its aerial firefighting fleet, with two more Firehawk helicopters, Gov. Gavin Newsom and agency officials announced Thursday. The two additional Sikorsky S-70i Firehawk ...

REEDLEY, Calif. (KFSN) -- On Friday, Action News climbed aboard a helicopter at the Garnet Fire Reedley Helibase. "This aircraft can fly for about two hours," airbase manager Joe Romero with the U.S.

FRESNO COUNTY, Calif. (KFSN) -- Firefighters are relying more and more on aerial attacks to combat wildfires across Central California and the state, including the most recent "Boneyard Fire" along ...

EAGLE COUNTY, Colo. — The pilot of a firefighting helicopter escaped with minor injuries after an "aircraft incident" Friday afternoon. The U.S. Forest Service said an aircraft incident involving a ...

The helicopter that crashed into a private lake in the Sweetwater area on Friday, Aug. 22, while fighting the Derby Fire was extracted from the area on Tuesday, although details on the crash remain ...

A helicopter fighting a massive wildfire in France crashed into a lake while attempting to pick up water to refill its reservoir. The dramatic incident occurred above Rosporden Lake shortly after 7 pm ...