Active fire-fighting activities like water drops are ... Instead, it is designed so both types of aircraft can be used in a complementary way to optimize firefighting effectiveness even in complex ...
Cal Fire currently has over 60 planes and helicopters within its firefighting fleet — and aircraft from its fleet ... "equipped with Modular Aerial Fire Fighting Systems" to the Los Angeles ...
KARPUS: I think on this fire, the most we flew was probably about 20 helicopters at once. MCEVERS: To do that, Karpus says it takes a lot of coordination. Each type of aircraft has to fly at a ...
Active fire-fighting activities like water drops are the last step ... Instead, it is designed so both types of aircraft can be used in a complementary way to optimize firefighting effectiveness even ...
One thing that was impossible to miss -- as fires raged through L.A. -- was the fight from the air. Officials say it might have been the largest number of aircraft at a fire event, ever.