Funded in 2021, the Watch Duty wildfire alert application has grown from covering three California counties to covering 1,400 ...

They can detect heat signatures, map fire perimeters and burned areas, and track smoke and pollutants to assess air quality ...

Aerial firefighting companies supplement federal and state firefighting fleets, and their services are in high demand.

of fire retardant that it can drop in the path of fires. The planes are smaller than many air tankers and can be used in fast initial attacks on fires. The ex-military aircraft were used to track ...

U.S. Navy F/A-18 fleet gets enhanced target tracking as Infrared Search and Track system achieves initial operational ...

The fire broke out in the back of the cabin, officials said. All 176 people on board, including passengers and crew members, ...

Toxic smoke and dangerous particulate pollution are spreading far beyond the flames, leaving air quality at unhealthy levels ...

A man has agreed to plead guilty to unsafely operating a drone that collided with a firefighting aircraft during the deadly Palisades Fire in Los Angeles, Federal authorities said Friday.