CLE ELUM - Laden with chain saws, hand tools, radios, food, water and emergency fire shelters, the crews scrambled aboard the helicopters. Within minutes, they were flying over the ridge to the ...

Cal Fire's elite Helitack unit based in Los Gatos began firefighter training a month early to prepare for an intense fire season.On Thursday, Cal Fire trained with firefighters from San Jose and Santa ...

LANCASTER, Calif. – Instead of sirens it is the sound of a helicopter that you hear as these firefighters get to their destination. They are part of the Angeles National Forest Helitack crew based out ...

One clear sign the Bay Area’s rainy season is starting is when Cal Fire starts shifting its training to water rescues. On Wednesday, helicopter crews known as Helitack, began training with other ...

Officials say that more aerial and ground-based resources are being ordered in addition to those already fighting the fire.

CUSTER COUNTY, CO — A high mountain rescue from over the weekend shows the value of the fire helitack crews working in collaboration with search and rescue teams. According to a Facebook post from ...

For most people, a wildfire is a looming spectre, whose consequences cloud the air. For those in the path of the flames, the fire is a terrifying stranger pounding at their door, upending their lives ...

WEBVTT CONDITIONS CONTINUETO HAVE A HOLD ONCALIFORNIA,FIREFIGHTERS AREPREPARING FOR WHATWILL MOST LIKELY BE ANUNPRECEDENTED FIRESEASON.TODAY, CAL FIRETRAINED WITH SOME OFTHEIR MOST ...