According to Cal Fire, "Numerous firefighting air tankers from throughout the ... by submitting applications for disaster relief. California secures expanded federal funding to repair firestorm ...

The head of the United Aerial Firefighters Association, which has deployed about 200 pilots to Southern California ... firefighting fleet; Cal Fire also counts three King Air A200 twin-turboprop ...

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- As thick smoke tops Southern California, the air quality is top-of-mind for many. The Valley Air District says they're not seeing any wildfire smoke in Central California ...

Cal Fire had more ... s like to be an air tactical group supervisor. Aircraft that douse flames with water and bright red Phos-Chek fire retardant are a common sight in California.

CNN has contacted California ... air tankers, slow fire response, and cost lives. The FAA did not specify which agency was operating the aerial firefighting aircraft. Flight tracking data showed ...

It’s not California's biggest conflagration by acreage, or lives lost, so far. But for sheer complexity, it’s off the chart, said Cal Fire air operations branch director Paul Karpus.

It’s not California’s biggest conflagration by acreage, or lives lost, so far. But for sheer complexity, it’s off the chart, said Cal Fire air operations branch director Paul Karpus.

“To underscore: these were reductions to one-time augmentations, not reductions to CalFire’s ongoing base programs and funding,” Ehlers told us via email, referring to the California ...

State officials have long considered the rules essential to cleaning up California’s severe air pollution and combating climate change. The withdrawal comes after the Biden administration ...

This C-130 came in from Northern California shortly after the LA fires started and is now on stand by at the cal fire base at the Ramona ... retardant dropped in the air we use all those things ...