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 ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The arrival of six fire bombing planes has bolstered Tasmania’s firefighting capabilities, with the extra aircraft ready for ...

A private drone trying to record footage of a Northern California wildfire nearly hindered efforts to attack the flames from the air, but firefighters made enough progress to allow most of the 1,200 ...

On August 22, 2025, a firefighting aircraft was involved in an accident while landing at the small Rosinos-de-la-Requejada (LESI) airport in Spain. + U.S. integrates next-generation P550 eVTOL drones ...

DUBAI (Reuters) -Iran has sought help to fight a devastating fire in UNESCO-listed forests in its north, with neighbouring Turkey sending firefighting planes, Iran's ‌top environmental official said ...