Cal Fire’s newest addition to its helicopter fleet is the Fire Hawk — a Sikorsky S70i Black Hawk retrofitted to drop water or fire retardant, as well as conduct hoist rescue and night operations.

There were also attempts from aircraft belonging to Cal Fire helicopter, the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department and the Orange County Fire Authority, but low clouds and high winds similarly ...

While wildfires are fairly common in California, it is currently reeling under the effects of one of the worst wildfire events ever to hit the state. More than 5,000 acres of land have been ...

Helicopters from both the sheriff's department and Cal Fire attempted to reach the stranded and injured man and woman but were prevented from doing so by high winds and low clouds, officials said.

A Cal Fire UH-1H Super Huey delivers water by bucket to the scene of a wildfire. Credit: California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection Training in advance was prescient for helicopter ...

and require all CalFire helicopter bases be fully staffed year-round. Grove also has introduced SB 375, which proposes to balance the needs of endangered and threatened wildlife, with prevention ...