SALT LAKE CITY — Recently a new Wildland Firefighting Helitack Program was launched in the state of Utah. FOX 13 News anchor Dan Evans met the crew to learn about what a dangerous but rewarding job it ...

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

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 ...

A Helitack crew member prepares to jump while hovering over nine feet of brush during training near Pozo on July 17, 1967. The firefighters trained to clear a spot for reinforcements to arrive. Jim ...

KERNVILLE, Calif. (KERO) — For the past few years, the genders of those on the team have been close to evenly split, a rarity in wildland firefighting units. The Kernville Helitack is a team ...

YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK (KIFI) — Firefighters in Yellowstone National Park are actively battling the Ash Fire burning in the park's remote southwest corner. First detected on Wednesday, July 30, by ...

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While wildfires burning across northwest Montana are prompting evacuations and straining resources, many are being stopped almost before they start. The Lost Trail North, Bata Mountain, Bootjack and ...