LA's Wildfires Would've Been Much Worse If It Weren't For These Aircraft
The Los Angeles fires first started on January 7, 2025, as a result of strong winds. According to NBC, the first area to be impacted was Pacific Palisades, a neighborhood of Los Angeles just east of ...
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Here’s what it’s like to manage Cal Fire’s aircraft during a massive wildfire
Cal Fire had more than 60 aircraft within its firefighting ... Large tankers like DC-10s and the 747 SuperTanker give notification far in advance of reaching the zone. Large tankers have a small ...
Cal Fire’s predictions didn’t foresee the Altadena inferno. Now it’s changing its fire-hazard maps
The vast majority of homes destroyed in the Eaton fire were outside of Cal Fire's "very high" fire hazard severity zones, yet ...
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Crashes and Disasters
Cal Fire’s fleet of fixed and rotary-wing aircraft ... Large tankers like DC-10s and the 747 SuperTanker give notification far in advance of reaching the zone. Large tankers have a small lead ...
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California wildfires: What we know about L.A.-area fires, what caused them, who is affected and more
The blaze grew to 23,448 acres before it was declared 100% contained on Friday, according to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, known as Cal Fire. Cal Fire said the fire ...
Cal Fire battalion chief back working in the Bay Area after fighting LA fires
He's back working in Napa now, but just a few weeks ago he was in the middle of the Eaton Fire in LA. Wettstein has been with ...