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 ...

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 firefighters in the Bay Area are busy training for what's expected to be a brutal fire season . The elite Helitack unit practiced water drops and other maneuvers preparing its 18-member team ...

Despite above-average rainfall in April, a stretch of sunny days ahead means grasses and underbrush will soon be drying out — and conditions for wildfire will be building weeks ahead of schedule.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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