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A post shared on social media purportedly shows a video of a helicopter lifting water out of the Pacific Ocean to fight the current fires in Los Angeles. Verdict: False The video dates back to 2019.
Flames could be seen where a military helicopter made an emergency landing at Camp Pendleton on Friday, causing police to warn drivers of potential traffic delays along Interstate 5. All four crew ...
The introduction of Fire Hawks brought another major innovation to Cal Fire’s operations: The ability to fight fires at night. Cal Fire Hawk firefighting helicopters are parked at Cal Fire ...
While fighting the three-acre (1.2 ha) Broadway Fire near Cabazon in Riverside County on August 6, two helicopters (a Bell 407 and a Sikorsky S-64E) collided in mid-air. The Sikorsky helicopter landed safely, while all three occupants of the Bell helicopter—a contract pilot, a Cal Fire division chief, and a Cal Fire captain—were killed.
The possibility of using aircraft for fighting wildland fires in California was first proposed in 1931 and again in the late 1940s after World War II. In 1953, the Nolta brothers of Willows, California proposed using their agriculture spray planes for fighting brush and grass fires. During the four fire seasons from 1954 to 1957, CAL FIRE used ...
Water is dropped on the advancing Palisades Fire by helicopter on Jan. 7, 2025. / Credit: AP Photo/Ethan Swope A view of the coast as flames from the Palisades Fire rage in Los Angeles, California ...
The office of California Gov. Gavin Newsom said in a post on X, the social media platform formally known as Twitter, that it was in "close coordination" with CalFire after the helicopter crash ...
Brett Willis, Los Angeles Fire Department's battalion chief over air operations, said there were at least three sizes of helicopters flying during the attack, including ones that can hold 480 ...