American crew killed in crash on January 23, 2020 Australian Transport Safety Bureau The Australian Transport Safety Bureau has released the preliminary report from its ongoing investigation into the collision with terrain of a Lockheed C-130 large air...
New Jersey Fire Straddles Forest, National Recreation Area
Difficult terrain hampers fire crews HARDWICK TOWNSHIP, N.J. (AP) — Firefighters from federal and New Jersey agencies battled a forest fire for a second day early Monday in a popular hiking area near the Pennsylvania border. The fire was split between...
Bodies of American Tanker Crew Recovered from Australia Wildfire Crash
Bodies and voice recorder retrieved By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — The bodies of three U.S. flying firefighters and the cockpit voice recorder from the water bomber in which they died battling Australia’s unprecedented...
Australia Works to Recover Bodies of American Tanker Crew
Canadian-based company identifies C-130 crew SYDNEY (AP) — The American tanker plane that crashed while fighting Australian wildfires had just dropped a load of retardant on a fire before it went down in New South Wales state, investigators said Friday....
Americans Killed in Aerial Tanker Crash in Australia
Crew of three dead while battling wildfire By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press SYDNEY (AP) — Three American crew members died Thursday when a C-130 Hercules aerial water tanker crashed while battling wildfires in southeastern Australia, officials said. New...
Salmon Heli-Rappellers 2019
Idaho group's wildfire season Salmon Heli-Rappellers - Salmon Heli-Rappellers Short video of what we've been up to this summer Check out our website for more info www.salmonhelirappellers.com https://youtu.be/lYMHdiVu3Go
Fire Continues to Burn at North Carolina’s Cold Mountain
Wildfire continues despite weekend rain ASHEVILLE, N.C. (AP) — Authorities are continuing to monitor a fire at North Carolina’s famed Cold Mountain. U.S. Forest Service officials said Sunday that a wildfire continues to burn at the iconic mountain...
Meet Cal Fire’s First Female Helicopter Pilot
Helitack Pilot Desiree Horton talks about fighting wildfires from above ABC News/aviatrix99 - Smoke plumes and an orange glow render the typically picturesque tree-lined view above hazy mountains into a nightmarish, apocalyptic scene. Shouts declaring...
A Look Back: Woolsey Fire Rescue
A look back at a wildfire rescue The video was recorded Nov. 9 as LAFD Air Operations pilots David Nordquist and Joel Smith battled the Woolsey Fire, which was raging through the Santa Monica Mountains toward Malibu. Video: Fire 4 Rescue at Woolsey Fire...
Pacific Palisades Fire Videos
Wildfire action in Los Angeles Firefighters battle a brush fire that is close to homes in the Pacific Palisades section of Los Angeles. https://youtu.be/bLkDH_9jVj8 https://youtu.be/mG6RGCPpCEk https://youtu.be/RqfSYIw0Rts https://youtu.be/tg1hTV1Tn5o...
Firefighter’s Widow Sues Over Mendocino Complex Fire Death
Battalion Chief Draper was killed in a fire retardant drop SACRAMENTO (AP) — The widow of a Utah firefighter who was killed when a supertanker dropped nearly 20,000 gallons of fire retardant near his position fighting the Mendocino Complex Fire is suing...
Aerial Drop Safety
See what 9,000 lbs. of retardant can do CAL FIRE TV - CAL FIRE/USFS Aerial Firefighting Drop Safety Video Do you know how much weight is being delivered over top of you during a wildland fire? https://youtu.be/ONdSoiI4zIA