Australian air tanker and crew members in Sacramento to help Cal Fire this summer
The Boeing 737 is one of 24 new aircraft contracted to the state for the summer By: Brittany Hope MCCLELLAN PARK, Calif. — Cal Fire is getting help from the…
Nevada Air Guard helps battle western wildfires
By Senior Master Sgt. Paula Macomber, 152nd Airlift Wing Public Affairs NEVADA AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, Nev. (AFNS) — The Nevada Air National Guard will support wildland firefighting operations in…
Rain announces successful funding round
By: Oliver Cuenca US technology firm Rain has received $9.7 million in seed funding to support the development of its remotely piloted firefighting aircraft The oversubscribed seed funding round was…
California firefighters use AI to battle wildfires
San Diego (AFP) – When a wildfire erupted in the middle of a recent California night, it could have been a disaster. But thanks to a new monitoring system that…