Minimum safe drop heights are in development for large firefighting aircraft in Australia, to address safety issues ...

The Australian Transport and Safety Bureau says minimum safe drop limits should be rolled out nationally in a bid to avoid a ...

The Russian BMPT Terminator is an advanced armored fighting vehicle (AFV) designed to support tanks in urban combat, using ...

and the owner of that company came up with the idea of taking one of the older DC-10s that we had and turning it into a fire tanker airplane," Maxey said. The planes have three tanks on the bottom ...

The average acreage burned per year in Montana is 470,000 acres. This was the fourth year in a row with fire activity below ...

Light rain helped fire crews make progress fighting a small, fast-moving wildfire burning near Divide in Teller County, but hundreds of homes remain evacuated Tuesday as gusty winds threaten to fuel ...

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The Highlands Lake Fire is now 5 percent contained, as firefighters begin an “everything but the kitchen sink” attack on the ...

fire crews were alerted to assist the Refton Fire Company with fighting a “wind-driven fire” on Scheller Road in Providence Township. An engine had to set up a water supply to fill tankers, and the ...

$5 million will be spent to attract and retain wildland firefighting staff, recognizing the critical services of wildland ...

LANCASTER COUNTY, Pa. (WHTM) — Fire crews battled a woods fire in Providence Township, Lancaster County Friday afternoon. According to a Facebook post from Quarryville Fire Company, at 1:28 pm ...

The Rush Fire is now 48% contained as of Monday afternoon and crews are hopeful that number will continue to grow overnight.