Around 45 firefighters from Missouri and Arkansas participated in a 2-day “HOT” training at the Monett Regional Airport, learning how to safely and efficiently tackle aircraft fires ...

Aircraft are one of the most important tools for fighting wildfires, and across the various agencies and private companies that use firefighting aircraft, you'll find an entire arsenal of airborne ...

The Government of Canada is investing $316.7 million over the next five years to increase Canada’s aerial wildfire ...

OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) — It’s not wildfire season yet, but crews from out of state are getting ready to come to Oklahoma. Planes with Bridger Aerospace were here last March, helping crews put out ...

Aircraft designed to fight wildfires known as “Super Scoopers" could soon be at risk of decertification in the United States. These Canadian-built planes have played a key role in battling major fires ...

High winds in California have fueled the wildfires in more ways than one. Not only have the gusts led to the rapid spread of multiple fires that have killed at least 24 people, displaced thousands of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An 'on-ground event during aircraft taxi' forced 32 passengers and 3 crew members to evacuate a Perimeter Aviation flight on ...

The pilot of a firefighting plane died Friday when his aircraft crashed while trying to put out a blaze that has been raging in southern France for four days, the local authorities said. The accident ...

Fire investigators are trying to determine what sparked a hangar fire at Tulsa Riverside Airport on Wednesday night. Officials say quick action by firefighters prevented the flames from causing even ...

WELLINGTON (Reuters) -New Zealand authorities said on Sunday that extra aircraft were being sent to fight an out-of-control wildfire that has burnt through around 1,100 hectares (4.2 square miles) of ...

A firefighting aircraft belonging to the General Directorate of Forestry (OGM) has crashed in Croatia during a planned maintenance flight, the Agriculture and Forestry Ministry announced. The ministry ...