The names of recent fire catastrophes pass in front of our collective consciences like ghosts: the Texas Smokehouse Creek ...

Fire Swarm 2: how manned and unmanned aircraft work together, proving the potential of drone firefighting technology in wildfire response.

Pilots flying fixed- and rotor-wing aircraft face numerous challenges in fighting fires. Hear pilot and former aerial firefighter Pat Veillette describe what it is like flying into these hazards and ...

As the fire risk heightens in drought-stressed Vermont and New Hampshire, the U.S. Forest Service has positioned a firefighting helicopter at Lebanon Municipal Airport to improve response times.

Crews are fighting a wildfire that broke out in George H. Crosby Manitou State Park on the Lake Superior North Shore.

Another three tanker planes joined the aerial firefighting battle on Monday, as the U.S. Forest Service struggles to maintain its aging air force. The active plane roster shrank from 11 to nine on ...

U.S. Sen. Tim Sheehy, a Republican representing Montana and the founder of multi-national aerial firefighting company Bridger Aerospace, is trying to end annual U.S. Forest Service inspections of ...

LOS ANGELES – A man who was piloting a drone that collided with a firefighting aircraft on the Palisades fire has agreed to plead guilty to a misdemeanor, pay a fine and complete community service, ...

Paraguay's Congress declared a national emergency on Thursday as forest fires raged, burning vast swaths of the Chaco dry forest, home to sprawling cattle ranches, jaguars and many indigenous tribes.