Firefighting planes are front-line combatants when a wildfire breaks out. They come in a wide variety of sizes, and their ...

Two new firefighting aircraft will be based in San Diego County to help Cal Fire. Officials say it will be a game-changer in ...

Two Fire Boss aircraft, each capable of scooping up to 800 gallons of water from a lake in just 15 seconds, have been added ...

LONDON—Aviation services company Metrea is gearing up to demonstrate its Fireswift aerial firefighting aircraft to European governments in the coming weeks. The company will display the De Havilland ...

The small, white planes are equipped with floats that can scoop up to 800 gallons of water in 15 seconds from area lakes ...

The cost of the planes was paid for by a one-time allocation from the Michigan Legislature to mitigate the effects of the ...

OSTEGO COUNTY, Mich., (WPBN/WGTU) -- Additional tools are on hand to protect northern Michigan from wildfires this ...

Two "water scooping" planes have joined the Michigan Department of Natural Resources firefighting fleet for the 2026 season.

In the summer of 2021, five "Fire Boss" airplanes skimmed the surface of a lake. They belonged to aerial firefighting company Dauntless Air, and they were helping fight a wildfire in Washington state.

DENVER — Western Colorado’s skies are unusually busy this week, as dozens of firefighting aircraft work to slow the spread of multiple large wildfires. Flight path data shows a dense network of ...

Local firefighters geared up for a special training course this week at Pittsburgh’s Aircraft Rescue and Firefighting ...