A team at the University of Glasgow’s James Watt School of Engineering has developed complex simulation software which, for ...

CAL FIRE will kick off its 2026 Night Aerial Firefighting Exercise (NAFE) training cycle with its initial NAFE evolution ...

Cal Fire and U.S. Forest Service crews took part in an annual training program to learn how to coordinate aerial attacks on wildfires as California braces for another fire season. From lessons high in ...

BOISE, Idaho (KVOA) - Wildland firefighters specializing in aerial supervision and airtanker operations are gathering in Arizona. The training aims to prepare them for a potentially busy fire year in ...

KILLEEN, Texas (KWTX) - According to Nicole Shoemaker, a firefighter and driver with Killeen fire department that is training people how to operate an aerial ladder truck, there is more to operating ...

On Tuesday, January 7, 2025, the azure sky and gleaming sun that are hallmarks of Los Angeles, California, were rapidly replaced by thick grey smoke swelling upwards from fast-moving fire within ...

Devastating wildfires – including the infernos that recently ravaged Los Angeles and other parts of Southern California – only serve to highlight the critical role of aerial firefighting. Kate Broug, ...